Herb Deromedi

Herb Deromedi (born May 26, 1939) is a retired American football coach and college athletics administrator.

He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University from 1978 to 1993, compiling a record of 110–55–10.

His 110 wins remain the most for a Central Michigan coach and stood as a record within the Mid-American Conference until 2019 when Frank Solich of Ohio University surpassed it.

CMU transitioned to NCAA Division I and the Mid-American Conference the following year and continued to find success; the defense was ranked in the top ten three times between 1974 and 1977.

The 1991 victory was a stunning upset: Michigan State had shared the Big Ten championship the previous year and was ranked No.

According to the New York Times, "oddsmakers did not release point spreads on the game because they thought Michigan State would win in a rout."

After a 4th-place finish in 1993, Deromedi gave way to long-time defensive coordinator Dick Flynn and succeeded Dave Keilitz as athletic director.