A great coach who should never be forgotten. He was innovative, unorthodox and would crush his opponents. He would clean the womens stadium bathrooms with Clorox and sweep off the seats on game day. He would help the flight attendants serve his players and clean up after them as well. He would win, set records that have never been broken and take his team to parts of the world where football has never been played.

He compiled one of the best coaching records in the history of college athletics (186-62-4 ties, a 74% winning percentage)

ICONGene Upshaw, like many others, was groomed by Steinke.

Steinke was the athletic director and head football coach at Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M-Kingsville) for 23 years and during that time he compiled a record that takes a back seat to no one. More importantly, he recruited and harmonized whites, African-Americans and Hispanics together and taught them to play together and respect each other in the south where and when racial tensions were running hot.

Steinkes squads won six national championships, were a national runner-up once and had an eighth postseason victory when the Javelinas won the 1960 Great Southwest Bowl.

His teams had a 14-1 record in NAIA post-season play.

The Javelinas won 10 Lone Star Conference championships in his 1954-76 tenure. This was no easy feat as during this time most Texas football players stayed in the state and the Lone Star Conference was loaded with talent.

Steinke had a 39-game winning streak intact when he stepped down as head coach after the 1976 season.

In his final three seasons, Texas A&I was 13-0 in 1974, 12-0 in 1975 and 13-0 in 1976.

He also had undefeated teams in 1962 (9-0-1) and 1967 (9-0-0).

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Gil Steinke: The greatest coach you've never heard of