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
We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.
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.
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.
How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?
Everybody in the country was watching. There were so many different things that took place that made it a special evening.
Every season has its own personality, ... In 2002, internally we felt very good about that team, and the way it turned out was not a total shock. The last two years were a little different, and last year may have been one for the books. It will be an interesting race, and hopefully we'll be right in it ... but certainly, a lot of things can happen between now and September, or now and November.
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.
(Having a proven winner returning at quarterback) makes you feel very confident about your offense, ... But the thing that offsets that confidence is the fact that as a coach you're always scared to death that your number one quarterback, who is really outstanding, is going to become injured. Normally, the drop-off to number two is pretty big because they are so good that it's pretty hard for the number two to fill their shoes.
I don't want our guys to think it's a matter of life and death. I'd hate to think that the game has reached that point.
I didn't have any idea what happened to Ivory. I assumed he went back to California.
If you stay with this game long enough, the worm is bound to turn.
Then he looks up and smiles at me.
I've felt sorry for young people who didn't have an opportunity to play football, because I know what the game can offer.
They call the first time out, he trots off the field laughing, 'can you believe those guys are trying to ice me?'