George Mans | |
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Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 23rd district | |
In office January 1997 – December 2002 | |
Succeeded by | Kathleen Law |
Personal details | |
Born | Detroit, Michigan, U.S | January 31, 1940
Died | December 20, 2017 Trenton, Michigan, U.S | (aged 77)
Coaching career | |
Playing career | |
1959–1961 | Michigan |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1963 | Eastern Michigan (assistant) |
1964 | Michigan Tech (assistant) |
1966–1973 | Michigan (assistant) |
1974–1975 | Eastern Michigan |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 8–12–1 |
George W. Mans Jr. (January 31, 1940 – December 20, 2017) was an American college football player and coach and politician.[1] He was the captain of the 1961 Michigan Wolverines football team, an assistant football coach at the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1973, and the head coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles football (then called the Hurons) team from 1974 to 1975. Mans later went into politics, serving as the mayor of Trenton, Michigan and a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.