Bob Weber | |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1934 |
Death Place: | Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1951–1954 |
Player Team1: | Colorado State |
Player Positions: | Center |
Coach Years1: | 1958–1963 |
Coach Team1: | Trinidad State |
Coach Years2: | 1964–1966 |
Coach Team2: | Colorado State (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1967–1968 |
Coach Team3: | Arizona (OC) |
Coach Years4: | 1969–1972 |
Coach Team4: | Arizona |
Coach Years5: | 1973–1976 |
Coach Team5: | Kansas State (OC) |
Coach Years6: | 1977–1979 |
Coach Team6: | Louisville (OC) |
Coach Years7: | 1980–1984 |
Coach Team7: | Louisville |
Coach Years8: | 1985 |
Coach Team8: | SMU (LB) |
Coach Years9: | 1988 |
Coach Team9: | Ottawa Rough Riders |
Overall Record: | 36–61 (college) |
Robert Weber (April 21, 1934 – November 1, 2008) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Arizona from 1969 to 1972 and at the University of Louisville from 1980 to 1984, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 36–61.
Weber grew up on a farm near Fort Collins, Colorado and played center at Colorado State University from 1951 to 1954, earning all-Skyline Conference honors his final two years. After college, he played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Edmonton Eskimos for a year before a water skiing injury ended his playing career. Weber began his coaching career at Trinidad State Junior College before becoming an assistant coach at Colorado State University.[1]
Following his time at the University of Louisville, Weber served as an assistant coach at Southern Methodist University and Vanderbilt University before retiring in the mid-1990s.[1] Weber died of pancreatic cancer on November 1, 2008.[2]