Lynn “Pappy” Waldorf was a smart guy. Really smart.
There’s a reason he’s one of the most heralded coaches in college football history, a man who did wonders at Northwestern in the 1930s and 1940s and who became one of the most successful coaches ever at California.
The man knew when to get out.
In 1934, after three years coaching football at Oklahoma City, Waldorf left. He had taken a seven-loss Goldbugs program and made it into an 8-1-2 Collegiate Conference champion. His work there was done and he left for … Kansas.
Oh boy.