He was selected after the unexpected death of Randy Walker and announced at a press conference on July 7, 2006.
"When you're playing against a great defense, you better be able to do more than one thing," Northwestern Coach Randy Walker said.
After the 1989 season, Rose's contract was not renewed and he was replaced by Randy Walker.
Randy Walker had a 37-46 career record at Northwestern.
This was an emotional evening as Miami honored the former head coach of both schools Randy Walker, who died unexpectedly earlier this summer.
The Miami coach, Randy Walker, seemed relieved of a burden afterwards.
Randy Walker is a former punter in the National Football League.
Randy Walker, the only coach to lead Northwestern's football team to three bowl games, died Thursday night at his suburban Chicago home.
Randy Walker died six weeks ago, but his message remains.
"I was probably the least surprised person out of 80,000 here today," Northwestern Coach Randy Walker said.