Knox Named Top Coach By UPI Vote

NEW YORK -- Chuck Knox of the Rams Thursday was named the 1973 United Press International National Football Conference Coach of the Year. Knox, former assistant with the Detroit Lions, took over a club that finished under .500 in 1972 and led it to a 12-2 record and the NFC Western Division title this season. In the balloting of a nationwide panel of 39 sportswriters -- three from each conference city -- Knox was a landslide winner with 30 votes. The only other coaches to get votes were Philadelphia's Mike McCormack and New Orleans' John North.

[source: upi]