Dr. Frank Lieberman Author of "Bo's Warriors: Bo Schembechler"

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Dr. Frank Lieberman. He will discuss his book, BO'S WARRIORS. 

A giant tsunami hit the staid Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan in 1969 when it was announced that Glenn Edward “Bo” Schembechler was to be the new head football coach, replacing the beloved Bump Elliott. Efforts to pronounce the last name correctly came in response to thousands of questioners asking “Bo who?” but it didn’t take long before his name and the Wolverines’ resurrected football fortunes were the not only the talk of the town, but also of the hundreds of thousands of Michigan alumni across the country and around the world. 

Bo’s Warriors is the story of that man and the moribund football program he revived. Bo won a school record 194 games while losing only 48.  and he never had a losing season. His Michigan teams won or shared the Big Ten Title 13 times, and the team made 10 Rose Bowl appearances. In 1968 under Coach Elliott, archrival Ohio State pounded the Wolverines 50-14, and to add insult to injury, Buckeye coach Woody Hayes went for a two point conversion late in the game rather than kicking the extra point. When asked why he went for two, Hayes is said to have replied, “because I couldn’t go for three.” The next year, Bo’s first as coach, the defending national champion Buckeyes were 17 point favorites, but the 7-2 Wolverines dominated Ohio State and beat them 24-12. In a single afternoon, Schembechler had resurrected Michigan’s proud football tradition and returned the program to the country’s elite. Bo’s Warriors is the story of Bo’s first year as coach, seen through the eyes of several players and one assistant coach, and making the excitement of that historic season come alive.