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10 Part III -Fit, dc. 28, 1979 Cos Angeles SimeB vV PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU DEC. 31, 1979. Another Winner for Don Coryell JULb "At Whittier," he recalled, "we used the Power-I and! the spread. We did lead the nation in passing in 1959, but1 we had a tailback who was a big passer.

We shifted to the shotgun and let him throw. I used the I-formation in JC before anybody else did." Coryell came out of the Power-I in 1966 at San Diego! State, spreading the offense to take advantage of the talents of quarterback Don Horn and receivers Haven Moses and Craig Scoggins. "I've stuck with that," Coryell said. "I figured out that the only way to beat somebody better is to throw well. And be sure you say throw well It can be embarrassing if i 0 LJ Continued from 9th Page two NFL teams to achieve such success.

"We've lost some games," Coryell said, "but everyone's trying to win. Everyone in this league is a pro. We lost to Denver (7-0 in Game 6), but you can't say we didn't play our guts out against Denver.We missed some field goals or we would have beaten them." Such a statement "everyone's trying to win" raises an interesting question, particularly in the light of Coryell's success. It is the question of why some coaches are consistently more successful than others. And it is a question Coryell does not greet comfortably.

"I don't know," he said. "There's no question some coaches work harder than others, but that's not the only important thing. Why can some pys sell houses and others can't?" During his brief sabbatical in 1978, he had no training camp to run so he took a camper on vacation. He spent that vacation visiting training camps. "I didn't see one bad coaching staff," he said.

"I didn't see one team that was not well coached. And I still have that opinion. But somebody has to win and somebody has to lose. If you sell cars or insurance and you go out of business, nobody knows about it. If you don't win in football, everybody knows about it." Coryell would not claim that the Charger staff works, any harder than any of the others nor that it is any more thorough.

However, the coaching staffs hours would appall anyone who finds comfort in a 9 to 5 endeavor. uuu LJLJLJ NEW YEAR'S PARTY HEADQBARTERS! ON JUNE 24TH, 1978, MARKET BASKET SLASHED LIQUOR PRICES 15 TO 25! WE HAVE REMAINED THE LOW PRICE LEADER ON LIQUOR EVER SINCE. ENJOY THESE SAVINGS FOR YOUR NEW YEAR'S PARTY! you don That when you lose 56-0. Coryell has also included his special teams as an area of specialization. The Charger special teams had no special coach a year ago, so Coryell went out and hired Wayne Sevier.

"Our special teams take great pride in their work," Cor-i yell said, "and Wayne Sevier is responsible. And they make a great contribution. We had a punt blocked in the, Miami game last year, or we probably would have won the; game." As far as the offense and defense are concerned, the Chargers are playing with basically the same people Coryell inherited people who were 1-3. The main additions have been Mike Thomas at running back and Willie Buch-anon at defensive back. Rookie tight end Kellen Winslow was a regular before he broke his leg.

The defense has remained the same in structure, but Coryell completely reworked the offense between seasons. The new offense set so many Charger records, both team and individual, that they defy listing. The Chargers' success might then be attributed to the reworked offense, but it has to be noted that the old offense, under Coryell, produced 122 points in the final three games of 1978 including the 45-24 win over Houston in; the finale. "Everything they were doing here was very Coryell said, "and the players had great attitudes. Theyj wanted to win and they were willing to work hard." However, it all turned around when Don Coryell as it had turned around so many years ago in Wenatchee I and at a few stops in between.

Fortunately for Pete Rozelle and Howard Cosell, Don! Coryell was not around when the British needed to turn; their program around 200 years ago. Otherwise, soccer or! maybe cricket would be the national pastime. And how would the colonists possibly occupy themselves on the Monday nights of autumn? Coryell's specialty has been the pass. Indeed, the Chargers have come to be called Air Coryell. But that was not always his offensive philosophy.

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"You can't prepare it all in one night," Coryell said. "We make up the final game plan Friday. We refine it and glue it together in a couple of hours and we're out by 7:30." That game plan is put together after hours analyzing computer printouts and game films. The Chargers dissect the opposition for tendencies, either offensively or defensively, and also themselves. He went into his filing cabinet and into his desk and into another room and produced volumes of statistical information.

Owner Gene Klein walked in and raised his eyebrows, as if surprised that an outsider should be privy to such a look at the inner workings. "People just don't realize," Coryell said to Klein, "that what we do takes work." Obviously, football is much more sophisticated than it was in Coryell's early days as a coach at places like Puna-hou Academy or Farrington High in Honolulu or the University of British Columbia in Vancouver or Wenatchee or FortOrdorWhittier. "I never had much help as far as assistants," he said. "It wasn't until I was here at San Diego State for a few years that I was able to hire my own assistants. He had two assistants at Whittier, both of whom were high school teachers fulltime.

They were busy with their other jobs, so they did not have the extended time to apply to Whittier football. "One of them would shower after practice," Coryell mused, "and I'd talk to the other one. Then he'd go in the shower and I'd talk to the first one. Then they'd take off." Coryell had the whole show. Offense.

Defense. And special teams, such as they were. Nowadays, he does not touch the defense. "In between seasons," he said, "we talk about it. But I don't have anything to do with game preparation.

They've been together three or four years and they do an outstanding job. The only thing I try to do is help in any way I can as far as maybe getting a player." Jackie Simpson is his defensive coordinator, assisted by Jerry Smith and Larrye Weaver. All are holdovers from Tommy Prothro's staff, although Simpson coached under Coryell in Si Louis. Coryell's tnist in fellows like Simpson, Smith and Weaver is indicative of the difference between turning San Diego State around and turning the Chargers around. "San Diego State had only won a couple of games in a couple of years," he said.

"This was a smooth functioning organization already. I had to start from scratch at State. Here, I had coaches to work with who are fine coaches. Four of them are still here. I've had to hire some offensive coaches to replace pys who left for better jobs." Earnel Durden is the holdover offensive coach.

The new faces offensively belong to Jim Hanifan, Joe Gibbs and Ernie Zampese. There is specialization here as well, Hanifan and Durden responsible for the run and Gibbs and Zampese responsible for the pass. "I try not to interfere," Coryell said. "I let them do their job." Coryell's specialty has been the pass. Indeed, the Charges have come to be called Air Coryell.

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