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3 unusual facts about Tony Knap


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Tony Knap (born 1915), college football head coach at Utah State, Boise State, and UNLV

Tony Knap

While waiting for his military commission following the outbreak of World War II, he spent a fall at Lewiston High School in 1942 as an assistant under former Vandal teammate Steve Belko.

After one season as an assistant with the BC Lions in 1967, he succeeded Lyle Smith as head coach at Boise College in 1968, soon to become "Boise State College" (and BSU in 1974).



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