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10:30 a.m., Aug. 14, 2003--It is now official. Harold R. “Tubby” Raymond is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

Tubby Raymond (at right) with fellow College Hall of Fame coaching inductees (from left) Carmen Cozza, Earle Bruce, and Roy Kidd at the Aug. 9 Enshrinement FanFest. (Photo Courtesy College Football Hall of Fame)

Raymond followed his Fightin’ Blue Hen predecessors, Bill Murray (1940-51) and Dave Nelson (1952-1965), into the Hall of Fame during induction ceremonies held Saturday evening, Aug. 9, in South Bend, Ind.

Raymond closed out a stellar career after the 2001 season, leading the Fightin’ Blue Hens to 300 wins and three national championships–in 1971, 1972 and 1979–over a span of 36 seasons as head coach.

Raymond compiled a 300-119-3 record as UD head coach, making him one of only nine coaches in the history of college football to reach 300 victories and just the fourth to do so at one school.

The Blue Hens are now coached by one of Raymond’s former players, K.C. Keeler, who was a starting linebacker on the 1979 NCAA Division II championship team.

Raymond was one of three coaches enshrined in the Divisional section of the College Football Hall of Fame, which encompasses colleges and universities outside NCAA Division I. He was joined by Roy Kidd, longtime coach at Eastern Kentucky University, and Marino Casem, who served at Alabama State, Alcorn State and Southern universities.

Coaches enshrined Saturday in the Division section of the College Football Hall of Fame were Carmen Cozza of Yale University and Earle Bruce, best known for his tenure at Ohio State University.

Division players enshrined included Napoleon McCallum of the U.S. Naval Academy, a former Heisman Trophy candidate whose 1985 team was shocked by Raymond’s Blue Hens, 16-13, before 23,115 fans at Delaware Stadium.

Other players inducted were Dan Marino, Reggie McKenzie, Randy Rhino, Jerry Sisemore, Gary Spano, Reggie White and Kellen Winslow.