a prominent figure on the sidelines of postseason all-star games, mollenkopf served as head coach of the 1958, 1959, and 1960 blue–gray football classics; the 1962 and 1963 east–west shrine games; the 1964, 1967, and 1970 hula bowls; the 1968 all-american bowl; and the 1969 north–south shrine game. mollenkopf was inducted into the college football hall of fame in 1988; the bowling green state university hall of fame in 1965 and the indiana football hall of fame in 1975. in 1994, coach mollenkopf was inducted as a member of the inaugural class of the purdue intercollegiate athletic hall of fame.