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
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.
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.
The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.
We changed our image. At least when we ran out on the field or broke the huddle, we would look like winners.
We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.
We're the only dance in town. We don't compete with any professional teams for the entertainment dollar.
You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.
I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. They'd never seen anything like it.
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 can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against.
The thing I'm most proud of here at Iowa is putting the ANF on our headgear.
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.
Welcome to the Salvation Army. I've never been associated with an offense so nice about giving the ball away.