clarinews@clarinet.com (01/18/90)
ST. LOUIS (UPI) -- Green Bay Coach Lindy Infante Wednesday was named as The Sporting News 1989 NFL Coach of the Year in a voting by league coaches. Infante received 8 of 27 votes cast by NFL coaches. The only other coaches who received four or more votes were Chuck Noll of Pittsburgh (5) and George Seifert of San Francisco (4). Infante is the first Green Bay coach to win the award since Vince Lombardi in 1961. The Packers had only three winning seasons in the last 20 years before Infante arrived in Green Bay in 1988. In 1988, the Packers finished 4-12 but completed the 1989 season with a 10-6 record.