Today, the head coach of the Michigan football team doesn’t have to look beyond campus to hit it big financially. Of course, this wasn’t always the case, especially in the early days of the program. While Fielding Yost’s contracts compensated him very competitively for his era, they definitely didn’t make him a wealthy man. In fact, Yost spent a good part of the year out of town pursuing private business interests just to supplement his income. But do you know the story of Gustave “Dutch” Ferbert? Ferbert suited up as a halfback for the Wolverines in the mid-1890s, but he is most notable for serving as the head coach of the famous 1898 squad. That team delivered Michigan its first conference title, sealing it with a victory over Chicago that famously inspired student Louis Elbel to compose “The Victors.” Ferbert coached one more season in Ann Arbor before packing his bags and heading north, hoping to strike it rich in the Klondike Gold Rush. In 1900, he traveled up to Nome and allegedly told folks he would “return rich or not at all.” Early on, however, there was serious question as to whether he would even survive the journey. Thanks to Brian at the Bentley Historical Library for forwarding this clipping over, which appears to be from 1902: “The many…