After completing his last stint as the Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator in 1978, the late, great, coach Howard Schnellenberger had a vision for the private university, south of the city of Miami. In 1979, few would have thought upon Schnellenberger's hiring that he would mold the University of Miami into a national champion in just five years at the helm. How did the coach with the stylish mustache achieve such a feat?
Coach Schnellenberger looked within his own state of Florida to recruit talented athletes. The trend continued through the Johnson, Erickson, and Coker coaching regimes. Schnellenberger's vision and ingredients to winning at the University of Miami could not have been realized if coach Schnellenberger did not "think outside the box".