Rick Tolley was Marshall 's head football coach for two seasons , coming to Marshall from his post as defensive line coach for Wake Forest and posting records of 3 – 7 and 3 – 6 before being killed on November 14 , 1970 in the infamous plane crash in which all 75 passengers , including 37 players , five coaches , administrators , family and friends ( along with the Southern Airways five-person crew ) were killed traveling home from a game against East Carolina
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Southern Airways Flight 932
Marshall Thundering Herd football