Editing Bob Devaney (section)

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1915–1997)}}
{{about|the football coach|the mathematician|Robert L. Devaney}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bob Devaney
| image = Robert Devaney.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Devaney from 1966 ''Cornhusker''
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|4|13}}
| birth_place = [[Saginaw, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|5|9|1915|4|13}}
| death_place = [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1937–1938
| player_team1 = [[Alma Scots football|Alma]]
| player_positions = [[End (gridiron football)|End]]
| coach_years1 = 1953–1956
| coach_team1 = [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]] (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1957–1961
| coach_team2 = [[Wyoming Cowboys football|Wyoming]]
| coach_years3 = 1962–1972
| coach_team3 = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]
| admin_years1 = 1967–1992
| admin_team1 = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Nebraska]]
| admin_years2 = 1992–1996
| admin_team2 = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Nebraska]] (AD Emeritus)
| overall_record = 136–30–7
| bowl_record = 7–3
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 2 [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National]] (1970, 1971)<br>4 [[Skyline Conference (1938–1962)|Skyline]] (1958–1961)<br>8 [[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]] (1963–1966, 1969–1972)
| awards = [[Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year]] (1971)<br>[[Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award]] (1971)<br>[[Amos Alonzo Stagg Award]] (1994)<br>3× [[Big Eight Conference football#Coach of the Year|Big Eight Coach of the Year]] (1962−1964)
| coaching_records = 
| CFBHOF_year = 1981
| CFBHOF_id = 1961
}}

'''Robert Simon Devaney''' (April 13, 1915 – May 9, 1997) was a [[college football]] coach.  He served as the head coach at the [[University of Wyoming]] from 1957 to 1961 and at the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln|University of Nebraska]] from 1962 to 1972, compiling a career record of {{Winning percentage|136|30|7|record=y}}.  Devaney's [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska Cornhuskers]] won consecutive [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championships]] in [[1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|1970]] and [[1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|1971]] and three consecutive [[Orange Bowl]]s.

Devaney also served as the [[athletic director]] at Nebraska from 1967 to 1993, and was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] as a coach in 1981.