Milt Tenopir passes away at 76
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FORMER NEBRASKA OFFENSIVE LINE COACH MILT TENOPIR HAS PASSED AWAY…
THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TO CHANNEL EIGHT BY MILT’S SON TODD…
TENOPIR HAD BEEN BATTLING LEUKEMIA RECENTLY…
HE WAS NEBRASKA’S OFFENSIVE LINE COACH FOR 29 YEARS AND ORIGINATED THE PIPE LINE…
JUST LAST THURSDAY TENOPIR ATTENDED NEBRASKA’S PRACTICE AND GREETED MIKE RILEY AND PLAYERS…
THE HARVARD, NEBRASKA NATIVE LED THE BIG RED TO 13 NATIONAL RUSHING TITLES AND WAS ON STAFF FOR THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS…
HE RETIRED FROM COACHING IN 2003…
MILT TENOPIR WAS 76 YEARS OLD…
AFTER THAT PRACTICE LAST THURSDAY MIKE RILEY WAS ASKED ABOUT MILT TENOPIR…
RILEY SAID HE WELCOMED THE NEW STAFF WITH OPEN ARMS AND WAS HE LIKE FAMILY…
A NEBRASKA COACHING LEGEND, TENOPIR WAS ADORED BY HUSKER NATION FOR MANY YEARS…
