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Encopassing that UND Spirit

Corey Colehour, ’68, was honored with the Spirit Award during UND Homecoming festivities.

Corey Colehour, ’68, was presented with the Spirit Award from the UND Alumni Association and Foundation during Homecoming 2019. The award is presented to a select group of deserving alumni and friends of UND who have shown an uncommon dedication to the success of the University and its students.

One of the truly gifted football passers in UND history, Colehour, came to UND from Minneapolis. He rewrote the Sioux passing record books. Several of his passing records remain on the books today, including completions, yards, touchdowns, and just about every category you can name. Two other important records he set were 42 career touchdown passes and 23 season TD passes. After his junior and senior seasons, he was named to the All-NCC team. He also served as tri-captain and was named the conference most valuable offensive back in both 1965 and 1966. In both his junior and senior seasons he was named UND's most valuable back, and All-American honorable mention. Colehour was the 7th draft

choice of the Atlanta Falcons NFL team and played there in 1967 and 1968, then went on to play for the Edmonton Eskimos. After retiring, he was an assistant football coach in 1970-71.

Since his days on campus, Colehour has continually volunteered for UND – always staying connected to his teammates. He has been recognized as one of the top 100 football players at UND and his teams have been recognized in 2002, 2006 and 2014 Hall of Fames, as was Corey individually in 1983.

He has hosted events at UND and in Denver and Minneapolis. He has spent time with every Athletic Director and president at UND and has given them support.

His biggest volunteer undertaking was when UND made the move to Division I sports. It was Corey who stepped up to lead this fundraising effort to move from 36 scholarships to 63 scholarships for football. ///