Rick Bay
American head coach and gridiron football player
Richard M. Bay (born 1941 or 1942) is an American former football player, wrestler, college athletics administrator, Major League Baseball executive. He was a football player and wrestler at the University of Michigan from 1961 to 1965. He also served as Michigan's head wrestling coach from 1970 to 1974 and as the president of the United States Wrestling Federation from 1976 to 1980. He has also held positions as athletic directors at University of Oregon (1981–1984), Ohio State University (1984–1987), University of Minnesota (1988–1991) and San Diego State University (1995–2003). He was executive vice president and chief operating officer of the New York Yankees for several months in 1988 and president and chief executive officer of the Cleveland Indians in the early 1990s.
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Bay grew up in Waukegan, Illinois, and attended the University of Michigan. He was a three-time Illinois state high school wrestling champion and all-state quarterback in football. In 2000, he was named by the Chicago Tribune to the Illinois high school All-Century team. Was a quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1961 to 1964. He was also a member of the Michigan wrestling team under Cliff Keen.
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