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Coryell, innovative NFL coach, dies at 85

Don Coryell, the San Diego Chargers coach who became an architect of pro football’s modern passing game with his spectacular offense known as Air Coryell, died Thursday at a hospital in La Mesa, Calif. He was 85.

His death was announced by the Chargers.

As coach from 1978 to 1986, Coryell led....

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