Bucknell College
1958-1964
As head football coach from 1958-1964, Bob Odell had a 37-26 record at Bucknell. After two losing seasons in 1958-1959, he turned the Bison around to 32-13 over the next five seasons. A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Odell was an All-American halfback at Pennsylvania, won the Maxwell Trophy, and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Following service as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy in World War II, he was an assistant coach at Yale, Temple and Wisconsin before coming to Bucknell. After leaving Bucknell, Odell was head coach at Penn (1965-1970) and Williams (1971-1986).