Don James

About

Washington Huskies football head coach for nearly two decades. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997.

Before Fame

At the University of Kansas, he earned his master's degree in education.

Trivia

His 1991 Huskies team finished the season a perfect 12-0 and won Washington's first ever national championship.

Family Life

He had children Jeff, Jill, and Jeni with his high school sweetheart, Carol Hobbler, whom he married in 1952. He died of pancreatic cancer.

Associated With

He coached the great Jack Lambert at Kent State University.