Background
Nagel attended Los Angeles High School from 1941–1945 and played quarterback for the football team. He was a third team all-city selection his senior year in 1944. Nagel graduated in 1945 and enrolled at UCLA. He was a three time letter winner there from 1946–1949 as a quarterback and halfback for the Bruins. Nagel played for Coach Red Sanders and was named all-West Coast Conference and UCLA's Most Improved Player. He later earned bachelor's, master's, and law degrees from UCLA and was an assistant coach for the Bruins' football team.
Nagel played one year of professional football. He played and coached for the Chicago Cardinals (now Arizona Cardinals) of the NFL in 1953. He was later an assistant coach at Oklahoma for a few years before leaving to become the head football coach at the University of Utah in 1958. Nagel was just 29 years old, the youngest major college head coach at the time.
Nagel was the head coach at Utah for eight years from 1958–1965. In 1962, he turned down the Nebraska job that eventually went to conference rival Bob Devaney. He compiled a 42–39–1 record as Utah's coach. His 1964 Ute team finished the season with a 9–2 record and defeated West Virginia in the Liberty Bowl.
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