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  Chuck Knox information - Search.com
Chuck Knox (born April 27, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former football coach at the high school, collegiate and professional levels.
Knox earned NFC Coach of the Year honors, but in the first round of the playoffs, the team lost to the Cowboys, beginning what would would be a frustrating string of defeats for Knox.
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  Chuck Knox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chuck Knox (born April 27, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former football coach at the high school, collegiate and professional levels.
Knox earned NFC Coach of the Year honors, but in the first round of the playoffs, the team lost to the Cowboys, beginning what would would be a frustrating string of defeats for Knox.
Knox retired with a mark of 186 wins, 147 losses and 1 tie record, with his son, Chuck, Jr., keeping the family's name alive as an NFL assistant coach, most recently as defensive backs coach of the Minnesota Vikings.
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 Knox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Knox is a Scottish surname that comes from the Old English, "Cnoc", meaning ‘round-topped hill’ (knoll), particularly one in Renfrewshire.
Knox College, Otago, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Otago in New Zealand
Knox Township, a township in Clarion County, Pennsylvania
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 Chuck Knox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Chuck Knox was hired as the new coach of the Buffalo Bills.
One of Knox's first moves, as coach of the Bills, was the trade of Simpson to the San Francisco 49ers for five draft choices, including a first rounder in 1979.
Knox was named AFC coach of the year, the first Bills coach to be so named since Lou Saban, in 1965.
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 USATODAY.com - Chuck Knox donates $1 million to alma mater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Knox moved to Buffalo in 1978 and produced a division title in 1980.
Knox took the Seahawks to their first playoff berth in franchise history in 1983, falling one game short of the Super Bowl.
The first recipient of the Knox Chair at Juniata is David Hsiung, who won the 2000 Pennsylvania Professor of the Year Award from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
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 PaulAllen.com
Knox spent nine of his 22 illustrious seasons at the helm of the Seahawks from 1983-1991, during which time he led Seattle to 80 wins en route to becoming the most successful coach in club history.
Knox began his head coaching career guiding the Rams to five consecutive postseason appearances and posting five consecutive seasons of 10 or more wins while leading the club to a 52-15 record (.776) over that span.
Knox was the first coach in NFL history to lead three different teams to the playoffs.
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 Scout.com: Chuck Knox: The Last Hard Man, Part One
Chuck Knox would eventually come to terms with the way his father was – feeling trapped and lashing out against a world of little opportunity.
Knox couldn’t wait in front of his own house because his father opposed the idea of a college education for his son – for Charlie Knox, the mill was good enough for him, and it would be good enough for his son.
Knox finally realized that toughness had its place in football, but that it was intelligence that would move him forward…on the field and in life.
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 The Seattle Times: Sports: Knox gave Hawks pulse, then taste of playoffs
Chuck Knox and his Seahawks were riding high with a stunning upset win over the Dolphins in Miami in the 1983 NFL playoffs.
A part of Knox believed that once a mill worker, always a mill worker, because, you see, a mill worker was as tough as anthracite coal, but the young Knox was also as insecure as the 45th player on a 45-man roster.
When Chuck Knox came to coach the Seahawks in 1983, the newness of NFL football was begging to wear off on Seattle.
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 HeraldNet: Coach joins his players   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Chuck Knox, Seattle's all-time leader in coaching victories and still the only Seahawks coach to win a playoff game, was inducted into the Ring of Honor during a halftime ceremony.
Knox was already an established and successful coach when he shocked the NFL in 1983 by leaving a plum job in Buffalo to take over a Seahawks franchise that had never made the playoffs.
Knox left the Seahawks after the 1991 season with a record of 80-63 in the regular season and 3-4 in the playoffs.
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 Seahawks.com
Chuck Knox, a former football star at Juniata College and legendary National Football League coach who took the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks to the conference title game, has donated $1 million to his alma mater to endow the Dr. Charles R. and Shirley A. Knox Chair in History.
Knox has never forgotten the college where he started his coaching career and trained the keen mind that led three separate NFL learns to success.
Chuck Knox was a head coach in the National Football League for 22 years, one of the longest tenures in league history.
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 Billszone: 1978 Buffalo Bills - Ground Chuck
Chuck Knox was released by the Los Angeles Rams after 5 straight NFC West division titles, and a stellar 54-15-1 record.
Knox also brought with him from LA his FG kicker, Tom Dempsey- the NFL record holder with a 64 yard FG.
Chuck Knox began the season losing the first 3 games to Pittsburgh (28-17), The New York Jets (21-20), and for the 17th consecutive game, the Miami Dolphins (31-24).
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 The Seattle Times: Sports: What readers are saying about Seahawks, Huskies
In 1988 Chuck Knox wrote a book called "Hard Knox: The Life of an NFL Coach." On the back of the book is this Knox quote: "To me, no football player is too young, no football player is over the hill, no football player is dumb.
The Seahawks of the Knox era were tough and competitive and had lots of character, elements missing on the current Seahawks football team.
Knox played the hand he was dealt, and he played it very well with toughness and great character.
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 The official site of the St. Louis Rams - Article
Knox, who was head coach of the Rams from 1973-78, and again from 1992-94, played tackle on both offense and defense at Juniata (pronounced JUNE-knee-ot-ahh) in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and was co-captain of the college’s first undefeated team in 1953.
Knox moved into the professional coaching ranks as an assistant with the New York Jets (1963-66) and Detroit Lions (1967-72) before becoming head coach of the Rams in 1973.
Knox won division titles in each of his five seasons with the Rams, part of an NFL record seven consecutive division titles for the Rams from 1973-79.
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 Feted in Seattle, Knox deserves more
With Hank Stram's enshrinement in 2003, Dan Reeves and Chuck Knox are the only retired NFL coaches among the top seven in total victories not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Chuck Knox, with wife Shirley, was inducted into the team's Ring of Honor on Sunday.
Knox, renowned as much for his terseness as his toughness, used all of 111 words to thank the Seahawks, the fans and his wife for their support over the years.
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 Tuscola Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Villa Grove resident Chuck Knox served as editor for the veterans project, under the auspices of the Camargo Township District Library.
Knox and other volunteers combed state archives for regimental histories, surfed the Internet, went through radio traffic action logs, sorted through microfiche and perused all five county papers in search of content.
Knox noted that copies of the book would be donated to the Illinois State Library, The Illinois State Historical Library, and the Library of Congress.
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 Gift for school of hard Knox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Knox, 72, graduated from Juniata in 1954 with a bachelor's degree in history.
Knox said the accomplishment was among his proudest.
Knox's big break came when the New York Jets of the upstart American Football League hired him as an assistant coach in 1963.
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 Scout.com: Chuck Knox: The Last Hard Man, Part Two
Knox’ ascent to the “pro” level wasn’t what he might have hoped, at least at first – the Jets of 1963 were recovering from Wismer’s gross mismanagement, under a new ownership collective led by Sonny Werblin.
Knox was a pioneer during this time, as well – according to Ewbank, Knox was the first coach to teach offensive linemen to block with their hands.
Knox would not be on the sidelines for that game, although he was given a great deal of credit after the fact for that Super Bowl victory.
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 Chuck Knox headed to Ring of Honor
Chuck Knox isn't just ready for his induction into the Seahawks Ring of Honor, the most successful coach in the franchise's 30-year history is prepared.
Knox was known as much for his words-to-live-by sayings -- aka Knox-isms -- as for his competitive teams during a nine-season stint with the Seahawks.
Knox's team also advanced to the playoffs in 1987 and 1988, when the Seahawks won their first division title.
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 HeraldNet: Ground Chuck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Chuck Knox, who led the Seahawks to a franchise-record 80 victories during his nine years as Seattle's head coach, will be inducted into the team's Ring of Honor on Sunday.
"Chuck was a guy who absolutely wasn't going to allow that injury to derail his hopes for that year," Largent said.
There was the 1983 playoff game against Miami that Knox was so certain the Seahawks could win that he re-wrote his game plan on the Friday night flight to Florida.
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And Knox, of course, was named coach of the year four times with three franchises during 22 seasons as a head coach in the NFL.
Knox's teams were disciplined and tough, and the players fiercely loyal.
Knox recalled his first job as a head coach in the NFL, in 1973, when he sat down across from Los Angeles Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom.
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 ESPN.com - Blogs - Chuck Knoxjr Blog
A veteran NFL assistant coach, Chuck Knox Jr.
Most recently, he was a defensive assistant for six seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, including stints as outside linebackers coach, defensive backs coach and coverage coordinator.
The son of former Rams, Bills and Seahawks head coach Chuck Knox Sr., Knox is a graduate of the University of Arizona, where he played running back.
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 Seahawks.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Perhaps the best way to describe the 22-year legacy of Chuck Knox as a football coach in the NFL is to describe him as a strict parent to his players.
Patera had been the only previous coach of the Seahawks since their inception in 1976, and they were 4-5 in that final season; their best previous seasons were 9-7 in both 1978 and 1979.
Knox still gleams when he talks about it being one of the biggest playoff upsets in NFL history.
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 Packers give Jagodzinski a ticket home
Served as assistant head coach and coached the safeties for the Los Angeles Rams under Knox (1992-'94), assisting Perry with the entire secondary; coached linebackers for the Philadelphia Eagles under Rhodes (1995-'98).
Chuck Knox Jr., the son of longtime NFL head coach Chuck Knox, impressed cornerback Troy Vincent during their three years together in Philadelphia.
Knox was named the Packers' defensive assistant / quality control coach after holding the same job for the Eagles the last four years.
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 Billszone: 1980 Buffalo Bills - The Bermuda Triangle and a Division Crown
Chuck Knox had rebuilt the Buffalo Bills in the post- Simpson era through the draft and acquiring veteran leadership.
The Miami ground game was stuffed by Knox's stifling defense, limiting the Dolphins to a mere 90 yards on the ground and forcing 2 fumbles.
Coach Chuck Knox was named the NFL Coach of the Year by the Associated Press.
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 KING5 Seattle News | Seattle Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Knox, surrounded by members of his family and Seahawks executives, received a framed drawing of himself in three different poses.
Knox became the ninth person to be inducted into the Ring of Honor.
Knox, who also raised the 12th-man flag before kickoff, thanked the fans for their support of the team during his years as coach, 1983 to 1991.
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 Androscoggin River Watershed Council
Knox noted that a similar invasives prevention program is also being done across the state border in the New Hampshire portion of the Androscoggin watershed, using New Hampshire state grant money.
Knox explained that ARWC is seeking volunteers to help conduct courtesy boat/trailer inspections at public boat launches in the Androscoggin River watershed.
Knox observes that the Council maintains a philosophy that environmental protection and economic vitality are mutually compatible.
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 Becky's Seattle Seahawks Fan Site
I had the privilege and honor of meeting Coach Knox at Dave Krieg's induction ceremony into the Ring of Honor in September 2004.
Knox before Dave and his entourage came into the room, and in that time we talked about Dave Krieg, Seahawks football, Chuck's son who was wrapping up a Vikings game as we spoke (the Vikings won!), and what it's like to be a parent of an assistant coach in the NFL.
There is a beautiful tribute written to Chuck Knox by Steve Kelley at the end of the 1991 season.
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 Obituaries (Gladwin, Michigan ) 05-25-2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Chuck moved with his parents to Alpena when he was eight
Chuck was very well known around Alpena and Gladwin.
Chuck has a sister, Sandra (Maurice) McCally living in
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 Sports Betting and Gambling Odds Online
SEATTLE -- As a student at tiny Juniata College in Pennsylvania during the early 1950s, Chuck Knox fell in love with history _ almost giving up coaching to become a professor.
Knox recently donated $1 million to establish the Dr. Charles R. and Shirley A.
Knox Chair in History at Juniata, a 1,400-student liberal arts school in Huntington, Pa., tucked into the Appalachians 120 miles east of Pittsburgh.
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