Why Sonny Lubick`s player-first CSU coaching style proved ahead of its time
(WorldNews Sport)

Editor`s note: Fourth in five-part series profiling Colorado football icons. Floyd Little, Darian Hagan and Andy Lowry were previously profiled. As Sonny Lubick reached the pinnacle of football success at Colorado State, calls from major college programs like Miami and Southern California began rolling in. Their pitch: Higher pay, nicer facilities and better recruits. In the late-1990s, on Christmas Eve, another one of those high-profile schools offered Lubick their head coaching job. But he couldn`t wait. The school told Lubick: We want you down here next week or someone else will take it. “He would have won some national titles,” said Dan Hammerschmidt, a former CSU assistant coach...