Looking back: Bobby Ross led Jackets to a national title

What he did: Bobby Ross arrived at Georgia Tech and, well, pulled off a miracle on The Flats. He took a program that was 2-9 in its first season and won a national championship in his fourth, the Yellow Jackets only modern-day title.

However, it would have never happened if not for the tragic death of University of Maryland superstar Len Bias … but more on that later.

+Former Georgia Tech football coach Bobby Ross. AJC file photoBorn in Richmond, Ross went to a military high school before going to play college football at Virginia Military Institute. His father had been offered an appointment at West Point, but it came during the Great Depression and he had to go to work to support his…