George Makris was the 18th head college football

College football

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 coach
for the Temple University Owls

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 located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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He came to Temple after coaching the Bolling AFB team where he was highly successful. He took over from Pete Stevens who was winless in his last season.
He held that position for ten seasons, from 1960 until 1969.
His overall coaching record at Temple was 45 wins, 44 losses, and 4 ties. This ranks him
third at Temple in terms of total wins and eighth at Temple in terms of winning percentage.
Makris coached Bill Cosby during his tenure at Temple, a fact that is alluded to in Cosby's skit "Hofstra" on the comedy album Why is There Air?

He played at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a guard

Guard (American football)

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