| Show Newest Coach By Vince Pearson Chronicle Sports Editor Ray former UCLA football was named Thursday as new head coach at the University of Nagel succeeds Jack Curtice who resigned to- take the head coaching job at Stanford Nagel was chosen by unanimous vote of the Board of Regents who acted upon the recommendation of the Athletic Nagel's appointment brought to an end two weeks of speculation in which he was chosen over his two nearest Andy Everest of Utah and Tally Stevens of Nagel who is 30 years old and doesn't look a day over brings with him a good football He worked under both Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma and Red Sanders at Nagel graduated from UCLA in where he was all-American honorable He set a passing record for UCLA in 1949 which still Nagel was picked as freshman coach at UCLA upon graduation and moved up as a varsity assistant in He was a player coach for the Chicago Cardinals during the 1953 Nagel joined the Oklahoma coaching staff in 1954 where he was backfield He returned to UCLA the next year and has acted as assistant coach for the last four In a special message to the student body Coach Nagel said am very pleased with the appointment as head football coach at the University of feel like the first responsibility of any coach is to the team and to the I feel that we should be like one body and when the team is playing the remainder of the student body should support their fellow Nagel is married to former Shirley Tanner of Salt Lake They have four and 4 President A. Ray in praising Nagel said Ray Nagel the University of Utah is getting the most outstanding young coach in the He has a wonderful background both as a player and and comes to us with the highest recommendations from such men as Red Bud Wilkinson and Tom UCLA officials also had nothing but praise for That Nagel made an favorable impression on everyone he met was obvious from the way the Regents passed on him with no debate once his name was presented by the Athletic |
