[1] He attended Mason High School, where he earned 10 varsity letters: four in baseball and three apiece in football and basketball.

[2] In football, he earned second-team all-conference honors playing quarterback in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) in 1954.

After a short term at Eastern High School, he returned to Alma College, where the football team had not had a winning season in a decade.

He was selected over Johnny Majors, Lee Corso and Barry Switzer who had removed himself from consideration the previous day.

[8] Stolz resigned at the behest of university president Clifton R. Wharton Jr. and the board of trustees just over seven weeks later on March 16, 1976.

Stolz then led Bowling Green to four straight winning seasons with Brian McClure, who became the second quarterback in major college history to throw for more than 10,000 yards in their career.

[10] In his first season in 1986, he led the Aztecs to their only Western Athletic Conference (WAC) title and appearance in San Diego's Holiday Bowl.