Bob Weber

For other people named Bob Weber, see Bob Weber (disambiguation).

Bob Weber
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1934-04-21)April 21, 1934
Died	November 1, 2008(2008-11-01) (aged 74) Tucson, Arizona
Playing career
1951–1954	Colorado State
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1963	Trinidad State JC
1964–1966	Colorado State (assistant)
1967–1968	Arizona (OC)
1969–1972	Arizona
1973–1976	Kansas State (OC)
1977–1979	Louisville (OC)
1980–1984	Louisville
1985	SMU (LB)
1988	Ottawa Rough Riders
Head coaching record
Overall	36–61 (college)

Robert Weber (April 21, 1934 – November 1, 2008) was an American 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 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 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]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Arizona Wildcats (Western Athletic Conference) (1969–1972)
1969	Arizona	3–7	3–3	5th
1970	Arizona	4–6	2–4	5th
1971	Arizona	5–6	3–3	3rd
1972	Arizona	4–7	4–3	4th
Louisville:		16–26	12–13
Louisville Cardinals (NCAA Division I-A independent) (1980–1984)
1980	Louisville	5–6
1981	Louisville	5–6
1982	Louisville	5–6
1983	Louisville	3–8
1984	Louisville	2–9
Louisville:		20–35
Total:		36–61

1 2 "Cancer claims former CSU football star". Fort Collins Coloradoan. November 5, 2008.
↑ "Former UA coach Weber dies of cancer". The Arizona Star. November 3, 2008.

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Lester Larson (1912–1913)
Bruce Baker (1914)
Will Duffy (1915–1916)
No team (1917–1920)
Bill Duncan (1921–1922)
Fred Enke (1923–1924)
Tom King (1925–1930)
Jack McGrath (1931)
C. V. Money (1932)
Ben Cregor (1933–1935)
Laurie Apitz (1936–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Frank Camp (1946–1968)
Lee Corso (1969–1972)
T. W. Alley (1973–1974)
Vince Gibson (1975–1979)
Bob Weber (1980–1984)
Howard Schnellenberger (1985–1994)
Ron Cooper (1995–1997)
John L. Smith (1998–2002)
Bobby Petrino (2003–2006)
Steve Kragthorpe (2007–2009)
Charlie Strong (2010–2013)
Bobby Petrino (2014– )

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