Tom Horne was the head coach for the Valparaiso University football team in 2003 when it won its first outright conference title in 32 years, and seven times during his 16-year tenure the Crusaders finished in the top 10 in the nation in the NCAA's second largest division, formerly known as I-AA.
"Those kind of things don't happen by mistake, there's a plan for that in place," he said April 21 at Sauk Prairie High School
Horne, who resigned at Valparaiso in 2005 for personal reasons