Albion College

Bob Stoppert competed in both basketball and football at Albion,and in both 1937 and 1938, he was selected as an All-MIAA footballplayer. His greatest achievements came as an extremely successfulhigh school coach. His numerous awards and honors have led somepeople to say he is the greatest high school coach in Michiganhistory.

Bob coached at Benoue High School (1939-1941) and Rockford HighSchool (1941-1943), and then spent the remainder of his coachingcareer at Midland High School (1943-1976). During the 36 years ofhis football coaching tenure, Bob's teams won 14 conferencechampionships and three state championships. While coachingbaseball for 20 years, he led his teams to 12 conferencechampionships, five state invitational championships, and two stateinvitational runner-up rankings. His 10 years of coachingbasketball garnered two district championships and one regionalchampionship.

He was voted as Michigan High School football coach of the yearthree times (1957, 1968, and 1976), and was tabbed as the NationalRegional football coach of the year. He has received numeroushonors, and may be the only coach to be named to all three MichiganHigh School Halls of Fame: coaches, football, and baseball.