In saddening news, FAU’s first football head coach Howard Schnellenberger has passed away at 87, FAU football reports.
Schnellenberger came to Florida Atlantic in 1998 and was named Director of Football Operations. From there, Schnellenberger became the Owl’s first football head coach, where he held a 58-74 record coaching from 2001 until his retirement in 2011.
Schnellenberger brought FAU Football their first two wins in a bowl game in program history and finished with a winning record in four seasons as the Owls head coach. In 2014, Florida Atlantic named their football field after Coach Schnellenberger, three years after his retirement.