Hayden Fry
Hayden Fry
John Hayden Fryis a former American football player and coach. He played college football for Baylor University. He served as the head coach at Southern Methodist University, North Texas State University, now the University of North Texas, and the University of Iowa, compiling a career college football record of 232–178–10. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2003...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 February 1929
CityEastland, TX
CountryUnited States of America
When he was a member of our football team, he was a very fine athlete, had a wonderful personality, very outgoing - just became a member of the family.
In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.
How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?
Welcome to the Salvation Army. I've never been associated with an offense so nice about giving the ball away.
When it's football season, I'm all football.
Black is a color of power and strength, and to see all those players, with the captains linking their arms in front - it's a powerful picture.
The thing I'm most proud of here at Iowa is putting the ANF on our headgear.
When I talked with an opposing coach before a game and he mentions the pink walls, I know I've got him. I can't recall a coach who has stirred up a fuss about the color and then beat us.
You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.
We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.
I'll be here in my home with three big screens. I'll be watching three games at a time, and when they're over, I'll look at three more.
I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and to do things the right way, just as a football team must train.
We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue.
When I came to Iowa, we had to change everything that was associated with a long-held losing mentality. We had to change the total environment-from the players' conduct downtown, from their record of class attendance, from their way of dealing with people. We had to work with the total individual athlete and reconstruct his values and image.