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Bob Pruett accomplishments at Marshall


Five-time Mid-American Conference champions (1997-98-99-2000-02)

Six-time MAC East Division champions (1997-98-99-2000-2001-2002)

Two-time GMAC Bowl champions (2001-02)

Three-time Motor City Bowl champions (1998-99-2000)

1996 I-AA national champions

Most wins by a coach in his first nine seasons in Division I in more than a century
nn Highest winning percentage (.810) of any Division I-A active coach with six years experience

Winningest coach in Marshall history

Honored six times for a 70 percent or better graduation rate by the American Football Coaches Association

Four Top 25 final rankings

One Top 10 final ranking

Perfect 15-0 record in 1996 and perfect 13-0 mark in 1999.

Twelve players drafted by the National Football League

At least one draft pick in the last five NFL drafts

More than 30 players that have gone to the NFL

Three Heisman Trophy finalists (top six of voting)

Fifteen pre- and post-season All-Americans

One Biletnikoff Award winner

One Vincent DePaul Draddy Award winner

One Bronko Nagurski finalist

Conference-high 51 first-team All-MAC selections

MU athletics Hall of Fame inductee 1999

District VII Coach of the Year 1999

Bear Bryant Coach of the Year finalist 1999

Atlanta Touchdown Club Frank Sinkwich National Coach of the Year 1999

Four-time West Virginia collegiate coach of the year

MAC coach of the year 1998-99

Johnny Vaught Lifetime Achievement Award 1999

National coach of the year by National Coach of the Year Clinics 1997

Chevrolet National Coach of the Year 1996

Frank Leahy National Coach of the Year 1996

We'll miss you, Bobby.

Not enough room on the VIVA PRUETT t-shirt for that!

I didn't think that list was gonna end!