The Camp Randall 100 is an exclusive list celebrating 100 people who have shaped Camp Randall Stadium's history across the realms of sports, music, culture and beyond. A new honoree will be revealed each day over the final 100 days leading up to kickoff of the Wisconsin football team's season opener with Utah State on Friday, Sept. 1. The Camp Randall 100 reveal is part of a year-long celebration of the history of the iconic stadium, which opened in 1917.
Â
MADISON, Wis. — Timing, it seems, was everything for John Coatta.
When he starred as Wisconsin's record-setting starting quarterback, he and the Badgers benefitted from having the famed "Hard Rocks" defense on the other side of the ball on the way to a fantastic season in 1951.
On the other hand, the timing of his stint as the Badgers' head coach couldn't have been much worse. Three largely winless seasons from 1967-69 coincided with wartime unrest on campus in an era when most of Madison's focus was far from the football field.
Read more in Coatta's Camp Randall 100 profile.
Camp Randall 100 profiles through July 2, 2017:
