Legendary LSU Coach Paul Dietzel Dies at 89

Paul Dietzel was the head coach of LSU’s football National Championship in 1958. He passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89.

Dietzel was the football coach at LSU from 1955 through 1961 and then served as LSU's athletics director from 1978 until 1982. After retiring and moving to North Carolina, he worked in radio and television doing football broadcasts in the Southern Conference.

LSU Vice-Chancellor and Athletics Director Joe Alleva said, “Coach Dietzel was a man of great honor and integrity. He was the perfect role model for young people, and I will always cherish the moments that I was able to spend with him. Looking back at what he accomplished here at LSU, he was way ahead of his time as a football coach. His 1958 national championship set LSU on a path of being what it is today. We will be forever grateful for Coach Dietzel and what he meant to this university. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. He will be missed.”

Via [LSU Sports]