Their only coach for the ten year life of the AFL was Sid Gillman, a Hall of Famer.

Sidney " Sid " Gillman ( October 26, 1911 – January 3, 2003 ) was an American football player, coach, executive, and innovator.

After serving as an assistant coach at Ohio State from 1938 to 1940, Gillman was the head football coach at Miami University from 1944 to 1947 and at the University of Cincinnati from 1949 to 1954, compiling a career college football record of 81 – 19 – 2.

Gillman was inducted as a coach into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989 --- the sole coach in the history of American football to have earned both honors.

Gillman played one year in the American Football League ( 1936 ) for the Cleveland Rams, then became an assistant coach at Denison University, Ohio State University, and was an assistant coach to Earl Blaik of Army, then head coach at Miami University and at the University of Cincinnati.

Gillman was a thorough professional, and in order to compete with him, his peers had to learn pro ways.

Gillman was one of only two head coaches to hold that position for the entire 10-year existence of the American Football League ( the other was Hank Stram, who coached the Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs from 1960 through 1974 ).

Gillman approached then-NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle in 1963 with the idea of having the champions of the AFL and the NFL play a single final game, but his idea was not implemented until the Super Bowl game was played in 1967.

Although Gillman signed a roster of players to play for the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based franchise, he was fired by Tatham six months later in a dispute over finances.

Don Coryell, the coach at San Diego State University when Gillman was coaching the San Diego Chargers, would bring his team to Chargers ' practices to watch how Gillman ran his practices.

Gillman was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Upon his death in 2003, Gillman was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Gillman signed a roster of players, including former Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting QB Doug Williams, but Gillman was fired by Tatham in December in a dispute over finances.

Hershiser was born in Buffalo, New York to Mildred I. Gillman and Orel Leonard Hershiser III.

* George Francis Gillman Stanley was the last Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick ( 1982 – 1987 ) to wear the Windsor uniform.

Gillman was born in Quebec City, Canada.

Gillman was one of the members of the Conservative movement's commission which produced Emet Ve-Emunah (" Truth and Faith "), the first official statement of beliefs of Conservative Judaism.

Hayes and Gillman maintained a fierce rivalry between themselves, combining mutual distaste for the other's coaching style and because they were in recruiting competition in the same general area.

The Cradle of Coaches is a nickname given to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for producing star football coaches including Earl Blaik, Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Bill Arnsparger, George Little, Weeb Ewbank, Sid Gillman, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler, John Pont, Carmen Cozza, Bill Mallory, Jim Tressel, Joe Novak, Ron Zook, Dick Crum, Paul Dietzel, William Narduzzi, Randy Walker, John Harbaugh, Gary Moeller, Larry Smith, Dick Tomey, Sean Payton and Terry Hoeppner.

Gillman played football as an end at Ohio State University from 1931 to 1933.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gillman played college football at Ohio State University under legendary coach Francis Schmidt, forming the basis of his offense.

In July 1983, at age 71, Gillman came out of retirement after an offer from Bill Tatham, Sr. and Bill Tatham, Jr., owners of the United States Football League expansion team the Oklahoma Outlaws.

On July 7, 1983, at the same time the USFL announced the expansion team, Tatham introduced Hall of Fame member Sid Gillman, who came out of retirement at age 71 to serve as the Director of Operations.

* Neil Gillman at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess was born at 2 Albemarle Villas, Devonport, Plymouth, the elder son of Commander Malcolm Kingsford de Moncy Burgess RN and his wife, Evelyn Mary, daughter of a banker, William Gillman.

Alfred Gillman is emeritus faculty due to his position at CPRIT:

Secondary age children had to go to the mainland by ferry, attending the Alexandra Schools at Gillman Barracks, then after 1964 either Bourne ( in the Gillman buildings ) or the brand new St John's Comprehensive in what is now the United World College in Dover Road.

He is in the Sid Gillman coaching tree and has coached at every level ; Vermeil owns the distinction of being named “ Coach of the Year ” on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and Professional Football.

Miami is recognized as the " Cradle of Coaches " because of its history of outstanding coaches starting their careers there, such as Paul Brown, Ara Parseghian, Weeb Ewbank, Bill Mallory, Sid Gillman, Randy Walker, and Bo Schembechler.

Allison moved to Florida to invest in real estate after the war, leaving Gillman in charge.

The team also saw Gillman step down due to health and offensive backfield coach Charlie Waller promoted to head coach after the completion of the regular season.

But by then, the Chargers fell on hard times ; Gillman, who had returned as general manager, stepped down in 1971, and many of the Charger players from the 1960s had already either retired or had been traded.

In Sacred Gillman writes that the traditional Jewish view of the Torah being orally dictated to Moses on Mount Sinai, and passed down to us today in an unbroken chain of transmission, is erroneous, and one that cannot be maintained in the light of modern Jewish theology and higher criticism of the Bible, such as the documentary hypothesis.

Walsh, in turn, belonged to the coaching tree of American Football League great and Hall of Fame coach Sid Gillman of the AFL's Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers.

The Chargers have six players and one coach enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio: wide receiver Lance Alworth ( 1962 – 1970 ), defensive end Fred Dean (–), quarterback Dan Fouts (–), head coach / general manager Sid Gillman ( 1960 – 1969, ), wide receiver Charlie Joiner (–), offensive lineman Ron Mix ( 1960 – 1969 ) and tight end Kellen Winslow (- 1987 ).

** Sid Gillman, American football coach ( d. 2003 )

* Sid Gillman, American football player & coach

This dedication to filmed football plays that made Gillman the first coach to study game footage, something that all coaches do today.

As the first coach of the Chargers, Gillman gave the team a mercurial personality that matched his own.

Coryell went on to coach in the NFL, and some of his assistants, influenced by the Gillman style, included coaches Joe Gibbs, Ernie Zampese and Russ A. Molzahn.

* Sid Gillman, Hall of Fame football coach