Editing (section) Fred von Appen 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Coaching career</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Von Appen began his coaching career in 1964 at his at his alma mater, Linfield. He earned a master’s degree in secondary education at Linfield in 1965. After leaving Linfield, von Appen served in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22United%20States%20Army%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22United%20States%20Army%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUnited%20States%20Army%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> before resuming his coaching career at the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22University%20of%20Arkansas%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22University%20of%20Arkansas%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUniversity%20of%20Arkansas%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/University_of_Arkansas" title="University of Arkansas" class="mw-redirect">University of Arkansas</a> in 1969. He moved on to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22UCLA%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22University%20of%20California%2C%20Los%20Angeles%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUniversity%20of%20California%2C%20Los%20Angeles%7CUCLA%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> in 1970, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Virginia%20Tech%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Virginia%20Polytechnic%20Institute%20and%20State%20University%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVirginia%20Polytechnic%20Institute%20and%20State%20University%7CVirginia%20Tech%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/Virginia_Polytechnic_Institute_and_State_University" title="Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" class="mw-redirect">Virginia Tech</a> in 1971, and then the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22University%20of%20Oregon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22University%20of%20Oregon%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUniversity%20of%20Oregon%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/University_of_Oregon" title="University of Oregon">University of Oregon</a> from 1972 to 1976. Von Appen made the first of four stints at <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Stanford%20University%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Stanford%20University%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BStanford%20University%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University" class="mw-redirect">Stanford University</a> from 1977 to 1978. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">von Appen spent the 1979 season as the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Green%20Bay%20Packers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Green%20Bay%20Packers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGreen%20Bay%20Packers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>' defensive line coach. He resigned during the 1980 preseason in protest of head coach <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bart%20Starr%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bart%20Starr%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBart%20Starr%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Bart Starr</a>'s lenient punishment of defensive end <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ezra%20Johnson%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ezra%20Johnson%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEzra%20Johnson%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/Ezra_Johnson" title="Ezra Johnson">Ezra Johnson</a>, who was caught eating a hot dog on the sidelines during an exhibition game.<span data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20news%20%7Cauthor%3D%20%7Ccoauthors%3D%20%7Ctitle%3DChampion%2C%20Packers%20part%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fnews.google.com%5C%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3D3DhgAAAAIBAJ%26sjid%3DMHANAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D2697%2C1124155%26dq%20%7Cquote%3D%20%7Cwork%3DS-P%20Services%20%7Cdate%3DJanuary%206%2C%201981%20%7Caccessdate%3D2011-01-07%20%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2224816-1768015435df6048ad6390%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ14ae95fb431f4b87-nowiki-00000001-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2224816-1768015435df6048ad6390%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ14ae95fb431f4b87-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2221%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2222%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> von Appen returned to Arkansas in 1981, where he was the defensive line coach under <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Lou%20Holtz%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Lou%20Holtz%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLou%20Holtz%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/Lou_Holtz" title="Lou Holtz">Lou Holtz</a>. He returned to Stanford in 1982 for a season. Former Stanford head coach <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bill%20Walsh%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bill%20Walsh%20%28American%20football%20coach%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBill%20Walsh%20%28American%20football%20coach%29%7CBill%20Walsh%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Bill Walsh</a> brought Von Appen to the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22San%20Francisco%2049ers%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22San%20Francisco%2049ers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSan%20Francisco%2049ers%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> from 1983 to 1988, where his duties included special teams. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In 1989, von Appen returned again to Stanford as the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22defensive%20coordinator%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22defensive%20coordinator%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bdefensive%20coordinator%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/Defensive_coordinator" title="Defensive coordinator">defensive coordinator</a> under head coach <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dennis%20Green%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dennis%20Green%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDennis%20Green%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/Dennis_Green" title="Dennis Green">Dennis Green</a>. From 1990 to 1991, von Appen was the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22University%20of%20Pittsburgh%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22University%20of%20Pittsburgh%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUniversity%20of%20Pittsburgh%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh" class="mw-redirect">University of Pittsburgh</a>. When Bill Walsh became Stanford's head coach for the second time in 1992, he brought von Appen back as defensive coordinator. Von Appen was the defensive line coach at the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22University%20of%20Colorado%20at%20Boulder%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22University%20of%20Colorado%20at%20Boulder%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUniversity%20of%20Colorado%20at%20Boulder%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/University_of_Colorado_at_Boulder" title="University of Colorado at Boulder" class="mw-redirect">University of Colorado at Boulder</a> before becoming the head coach at the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22University%20of%20Hawaii%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22University%20of%20Hawaii%20at%20Manoa%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUniversity%20of%20Hawaii%20at%20Manoa%7CUniversity%20of%20Hawaii%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/University_of_Hawaii_at_Manoa" title="University of Hawaii at Manoa" class="mw-redirect">University of Hawaii</a>. He was fired as from his post at Hawaii after his third season in 1998, a winless campaign. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Von Appen spent the 2000 season as the defensive line coach for the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Minnesota%20Vikings%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Minnesota%20Vikings%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMinnesota%20Vikings%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> and the 2001 season as the special teams coach for the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22New%20York%20Giants%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20York%20Giants%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20York%20Giants%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>. He retired briefly after the 2001 season, but returned to coaching to serve as the defensive ends coach and assistant head coach at the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22University%20of%20Montana%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22University%20of%20Montana%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUniversity%20of%20Montana%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-1768015435df6048ad6390" href="/wiki/University_of_Montana" title="University of Montana" class="mw-redirect">University of Montana</a>. He retired for good after the 2003 season. </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key footbal:rte-parser-cache:28687 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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