Written by Tom Fornelli at CBS Sports.com
Arizona State announced the death of former coach Frank Kush on Wednesday. Kush was 88 years old
With great sadness we mourn the passing of legendary @FootballASU Coach Frank Kush. Our thoughts are with his family. pic.twitter.com/YZ3g0JjToa
— Sun Devil Athletics (@TheSunDevils) June 22, 2017
Kush’s life in college football began as an All-American defensive lineman at Michigan State, where he helped the Spartans win a national title in 1952. Still, for all his accomplishments as a player, he’ll be best remembered for what he did as a coach.
Kush was the most successful coach in Arizona State history. He took over the program in 1955 after then head coach Dan Devine left to take the same job at Missouri. Kush would win 176 games over 22 seasons with the Sun Devils, overseeing the program as it migrated from the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association to the Western Athletic Conference, and then finally to the Pac-10 in 1978. During his time, he won nine conference titles, including undefeated seasons in 1970 and ’75. Kush’s Sun Devils teams played in five Fiesta Bowls, winning four of them.
After moving on to the Canadian Football League and then three seasons with the Baltimore and Indianapolis Colts, Kush rejoined the Arizona State athletic department in 2000. A statue of Kush was erected outside Sun Devil Stadium in 1997.
Kush was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
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