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FAU’s best coach: Joan Joyce vs. Howard Schnellenberger

One created the football program, the other has racked up the most wins in school history, but who gets the edge?

Coaches Howard Schnellenberger and Joan Joyce. Photos respectively by Michelle Friswell and Alexander Rodriguez | Contributing Photographer

They both created their programs from scratch.

They both put FAU athletics on the map in their respective sports.

But between softball head coach Joan Joyce, and former head football coach Howard Schnellenberger, who is the greatest head coach in FAU history?

The Case for Joyce

Before she came to FAU 23 years ago, Joyce made her mark as one of the premier female athletes in the modern world.