Howard Schnellenberger is a retired American
football coach with long service at both the
professional and
college levels. He was most recently the head coach at
Florida Atlantic University, having announced his retirement on August 11, 2011, effective at the end of the
2011 season.
He previously held head coaching positions with the
University of Oklahoma,
University of Louisville,
University of Miami, where he won a national championship, and the
Baltimore Colts. He also worked extensively as an assistant coach at the college and pro levels, including as part of the staff of the undefeated 1972
Miami Dolphins. Schnellenberger is also famous for recruiting
Joe Namath to the
University of Alabama for
Bear Bryant in 1961.