University of Oregon Athletics is mourning the loss earlier this week of Joe Schaffeld, a former player and assistant coach with the football program. Schaffeld passed away Monday.
A native of Vale, Oregon, Schaffeld was a lineman on the Ducks' 1958 team that played in the Rose Bowl. He began his career as an assistant coach with Oregon in 1974, spending 24 seasons as a UO assistant and helping the Ducks get back to Pasadena to cap the 1994 season.
After coaching in the local high school ranks, Schaffeld was hired by head coach Don Read as UO linebackers coach in 1974.