Joe Dunn talks about friction between Bob Huggins & Gerry Faust

[ColemanCrawfordsMustache]

On BTSTODAY Joe Dunn talked about the friction between Bob Huggins & Gerry Faust as detailed one Huggins book. 

 

Did the Akron Zips football team really practice in cleats on the basketball court? 

 

Listen to the segment at the 20:20 mark here 
https://soundcloud.com/igimeportsadio/louisville-leopard-hc-andrea-arney-2019-championship-memories-472020

[Spin]

I don’t know why but I always pictured the coaches all getting along.

 

My days as a high school football player should have clued me in LOL.

[ZippyRulz]

I found and bought Huggins' book "Pressed for Success" at a Goodwill the other day. It's an interesting read for Zips fans.

 

 

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, ZippyRulz said:

I found and bought Huggins' book "Pressed for Success" at a Goodwill the other day. It's an interesting read for Zips fans.

 

 

 

Any tidbits worth sharing for those of us unlikely to ever read it?

[GP1]

On 4/7/2020 at 7:50 PM, ColemanCrawfordsMustache said:

Did the Akron Zips football team really practice in cleats on the basketball court? 

No. They were more the astroturf shoes worn on what used to be called astroturf. The shoes with tons of those little black dots on the soles. They left black streaks on the court. 

 

Spring practice was very physical back then. We had full speed blocking and tackling in the court when it was too snowy to practice at the Rubber Bowl. 

[ZippyRulz]

19 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

 

Any tidbits worth sharing for those of us unlikely to ever read it?

 

yeah, I'll update this when I get a chance.

 

Quick trivia: Where did Huggins coach for one season after Walsh and before Akron and in what role?

 

Edited yesterday at 03:25 PM by ZippyRulz

[Z.I.P.]

Central Florida.  UCF (D2 are that time).

[bobbyake]

On 10/9/2025 at 6:02 PM, GP1 said:

No. They were more the astroturf shoes worn on what used to be called astroturf. The shoes with tons of those little black dots on the soles. They left black streaks on the court. 

 

Spring practice was very physical back then. We had full speed blocking and tackling in the court when it was too snowy to practice at the Rubber Bowl. 

Why would the JAR be used over Memorial Hall in these situations? 

[GP1]

1 hour ago, bobbyake said:

Why would the JAR be used over Memorial Hall in these situations? 

I don't know. We used the JAR for winter conditioning also.