Weathers: Florida Atlantic moving at 'Schnell's pace'

By WILLIAM WEATHERS
wweathers@theadvocate.com
Advocate sportswriter

If you thought Howard Schnellenberger looked somewhat out of place on the sideline of upstart Florida Atlantic University, consider his plight just eight years ago.

Schnellenberger was a year removed from the one stain on his coaching résumé -- a 5-5-1 record in one season at the University of Oklahoma -- before deciding to pick up his ball and return to Miami. He had come to the realization that after more than three decades in coaching, it was perhaps over.

Schnellenberger actually let go of his headset long enough to sell stocks and bonds for two years. That was until, as he describes it, "a fire alarm went off."

It turned out to be the four to five-alarm variety that would bring Schnellenberger with his trademark fluffy white mustache and deep baritone voice, back to coaching, the chance to again douse the passion that obviously was ablaze within.

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Nice piece. Hopefully FAU can continue to improve and build their program, and at the same time help improve the perception of SunBelt football. All our programs need to continue to improve and put some OOC wins together.

Shof Wrote:All our programs need to continue to improve and put some OOC wins together.

Damn Straight