Emil Ladyko  Emil S. Ladyko (May 22, 1923 – June 2, 2011) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff—now known as Northern Arizona University—in 1949, compiling a record of 1–6–1. Ladyko initially played college football at the University of Notre Dame in 1944. He later transferred to Columbia University and ultimately participated as an off-season member of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1947.