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
They kept referring to what was on television. I haven't seen that.
We had had one of the biggest economic droughts that the midlands had ever seen, and the farmers needed help. It didn't cost anything much to put the decals on the helmets, but it did a lot of good in directing publicity to the problem. There were stories in many national newspapers and sports magazines.
If you stay with this game long enough, the worm is bound to turn.
We're going to foul up once in a while, but people need to know we don't do it on purpose. Playing the game with integrity-that's what it's all about.
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.
We'll take what the other team gives us. We'll scratch where it itches.
The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team.
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.