Al Michaels (American football coach)

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and administrator (1911–1991)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Al Michaels

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|11|14}}

| birth_place = DuBois, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|10|17|1911|11|14}}

| death_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1933–1934

| player_team1 = Penn State

| player_positions = Quarterback

| coach_years1 = 1935–1953

| coach_team1 = Penn State (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1954–1970

| coach_team2 = NC State (DC)

| coach_years3 = 1971

| coach_team3 = NC State (interim HC)

| admin_years1 = 1975–1977

| admin_team1 = NC State (assistant AD)

| overall_record = 3–8

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Albert Paul Michaels (November 14, 1911 – October 17, 1991) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. As defensive coordinator for North Carolina State University under Earle Edwards from 1954 to 1970, he has long been considered one of the games most influential defensive minds with his famous "white shoes defense".{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NkWTt9D_UMcC|title=Border Wars: The First Fifty Years of Atlantic Coast Conference Football|last=Powell|first=K. Adam|date=January 1, 2004|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810848399|language=en}} He acted as interim head football coach for the 1971 team, hiring protégé Chuck Amato to his first full-time assistant job during his tenure as head coach.

A native of DuBois, Pennsylvania, Michaels played college football at Pennsylvania State University and coached there for 19 years before moving on to NC State. He also coached golf at NC State. Michaels died on October 17, 1991, in Raleigh, North Carolina, following a long illness.{{cite news |author= |title=Former Wolfpack coach Al Michaels Dies at 79 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=46UsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=khQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4082%2C1497847 |newspaper=Star-News |location=Wilmington, North Carolina |date=October 19, 1991 |page=4C |access-date=January 10, 2022 |via=Google News }}