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'Those who stay will be champions' Nov. 21: Dan Dierdorf speaks at the memorial for Bo Schembechler at Michigan Stadium on Tuesday.

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“His integrity was larger than this stadium, and it shaped all that he was,” university President Mary Sue Coleman said.

Schembechler’s son, Shemy, was the last speaker of the day.

After he arrived at the podium, he reached inside his overcoat and put on a blue Michigan baseball cap with a yellow block ‘M’ — his dad’s signature hat — to loud applause from the audience.

“I got coached on an individual basis by my father,” he said to laughs.

The venue’s main gates at Stadium and Main were adorned with maize and blue balloons and pieces of paper with messages such as: “We will miss you.”

At Schembechler Hall — where the football team practices and Schembechler kept an office down the hall from Carr and the current coaches — a shrine stood as a testament to what he meant to so many in this college town and beyond.

A No. 7 blue jersey was stuck to the frosted ground next to a No. 12 white jersey and in between the Michigan hat Schembechler made famous.

Football-shaped balloons were taped on the Schembechler Hall sign and in front of it, a white candle flickered. Someone also had left a ticket stub from the Ball State game on Nov. 4 — the last time Schembechler watched a Michigan game in person. It carried the message: “RIP Bo Thanks Terry and Mike” written on it with a black marker.

A private funeral was held Monday and hundreds of mourners filed past Schembechler’s casket Sunday at an Ann Arbor church, paving the way for the masses to say goodbye at Michigan Stadium.

“I just wanted to come out and give my respects to the greatest coach who ever lived,” said Tom Catterall, 51, of Ypsilanti. “He was revered as a coach separate from the University of Michigan and as a man. I thought a man like this — the only way to honor him was to come out on a cold day like this and pay my respects.”

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