- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDonald David Coryell
- Nickname
- Air Coryell
- Don Coryell was born on October 17, 1924 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was married to Aliisa Gronroos. He died on July 1, 2010 in La Mesa, California, USA.
- SpouseAliisa Gronroos(February 12, 1957 - December 27, 2008) (her death, 2 children)
- Notable players he coached include Carl Weathers (San Diego State), Joe Gibbs (SDSU), Jim Hart (St. Louis Cardinals), Dan Dierdorf (Cardinals), Conrad Dobler (Cardinals), Dan Fouts (San Diego Chargers), Kellen Winslow (Chargers), Rolf Benirschke (Chargers), Charlie Joiner (Chargers), John Jefferson (Chargers), Wes Chandler (Chargers), Lionel James (Chargers) and Louie Kelcher (Chargers).
- From 1978 to 1986, he led the San Diego Chargers to the post-season four times and his team played twice in the American Football Conference Championship game.
- He became head coach for the professional team, St. Louis Cardinals, in 1973 where he won two divisional titles.
- He played defensive back for the University of Washington. He coached at Whittier College in Whittier, California from 1957 to 1959 and at San Diego State University in San Diego, California from 1961 to 1972.
- He was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999 and was the only coach to win at least 100 games in both the college and professional teams.
- On coaching at San Diego State: We could only recruit a limited number of runners and linemen against schools like USC and UCLA and there were a lot of kids in Southern California passing and catching the ball.
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