The USFL was a breeding ground for current NFL coaches. Perpetual motion ... served time in the USFL: Marv Levy, Jim Kelly, George Allen, Sid Gillman and Fred Biletnikoff.

The original USFL also touched Chicago in numerous ways — via the Chicago Blitz franchise, former Bears assistant George Allen, Chicago’s Marv Levy and oil man J. Walter Duncan. But the ...

That was in 1984, just after 43,789 fans in Tampa saw the mobile linebacker help the Philadelphia Stars win the USFL championship with a 23-3 victory over the George Allen-coached Arizona ...

George Allen, Bill Polian, Sid Gillman and Marv Levy also were involved in the league. Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie signed with the USFL over the NFL after winning the award in 1984.

The USFL made an immediate splash in 1983 when the New Jersey Generals signed Herschel Walker to a three-year, ... George Allen (yes, the George Allen) to the Chicago Blitz.

Allen’s inability to give up control made him a difficult partner in any activity. By 1983, Allen was anxious to get back into coaching and cast his fortunes with the ill-fated United States ...

George Allen, the coach of the Blitz, and his son Bruce, the general manager, relocated to Arizona, and Chicago hired Marv Levy, former head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, to run its team.

George Allen was the head coach of the USFL's Chicago Blitz in 1983. (YouTube) By Scott Allen. History will repeat itself this weekend in the District, when a former Redskins coach returns to ...

Allen worked as a NFL broadcaster for a number of years before giving coaching another shot during the 1980s with stints in the short-lived United States Football League (USFL) for two teams, the ...

Allen coached two seasons in the USFL in the 1980s, was chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for a time, and had one last hurrah as a coach at Long Beach State in ...