Hayden Fry mentions Wade Phillips

[coach316]

This may get moved to another zone, but I wanted to share.

One of the greatest things the Iowa Hawkeyes ever did was bring in a Texas native, Hayden Fry, to coach the football team. His coaching philosophy and witticisms are stuff of legend up here in Iowa. In an interview during the Hawkeye season opener today, he talks about his coaching tree:

“I’ve had 26 assistants become head coaches in college or in the NFL. I’m so dadgummed old now, there’s only 17 of ‘em still coaching. But, can you imagine Bum Phillips was my defensive coordinator at SMU and his son, is the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. I used to bounce him on my knee!”

 

[igtmfo]

I wonder if Hayden has knee problems now.

 

[CCBoy]

Hayden was in charge of SMU prior to the 'death sentence,' and his Mustangs were competitive for the top spot in the Nation as well. Wonder how a program such as USC in today's game will rebound. The NCAA killed the SMU program completely for two years...and Hayden was a top notched coach in the college ranks.

 

[igtmfo]

He was fired in 1972 after bringing SMU back in the mid late 60s - Jerry Levias, Mike Richardson, Mac White, the immortal Inez Perez, all those great guys.

 

[NextGenBoys]

Yeah I caught that today too.

When it's all said and done Kirk will surpass Hayden as the greatest Iowa has ever had.

 

[coach316]

He also broke the color barrier in the Southwestern Conference by bringing in the first black player.

There's no doubt about it, Hayden Fry danced to the beat of his own drum.

 

[CCBoy]

He also broke the color barrier in the Southwestern Conference by bringing in the first black player.

There's no doubt about it, Hayden Fry danced to the beat of his own drum.

The breaking the color barrier in the State of Texas goes to Texas A&I, now A&M-Kingsville, who brought in Sid Blanks. He was the first drafted player by the Houston Oilers. Gil Steinke, an ex-Giant player was coaching for the Javelinas.

 

[Venger]

I wonder if Hayden has knee problems now.

Post of the day. I salute you.

 

[NextGenBoys]

Post of the day. I salute you.

I'm obviously missing something here.

 

[CCBoy]

I'm obviously missing something here.

Dry humor....

 

[igtmfo]

Hayden Fry was kind of a cross between Darrell Royal and Switzer and Leach and you could hardly wait to hear what he had to say ...

Colorful, charismatic, quotable, great coach.

I forgot he brought North Texas State into D-II dominance in the early-mid 70s. I don't know why SMU fired him, he always won there. Maybe he p--sed somebody off there. He left NTSU (now University of North Texas) for Iowa. Up and down at Iowa but mostly up.

Former Fry assistants or players who have taken over Division I-A college football programs include:
Kirk Ferentz, Iowa, 1999–present
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma, 1999–present
Mike Stoops, Arizona, 2004–present
Bill Snyder, Kansas State, 1989–2005, 2009–present
Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin, 1990–2005
Bret Bielema, Wisconsin, 2006–present
Dan McCarney, Iowa State, 1995–2006
Chuck Long, San Diego State, 2006–2008
Jim Leavitt, South Florida, 1996–2009
Bo Pelini, Nebraska, 2008–present

 

[CowboyDan]

I'm pretty sure Joe Paterno bounced Hayden Fry on his knee.

 

[Rockytop6]

Hayden Fry was kind of a cross between Darrell Royal and Switzer and Leach and you could hardly wait to hear what he had to say ...

Colorful, charismatic, quotable, great coach.

I forgot he brought North Texas State into D-II dominance in the early-mid 70s. I don't know why SMU fired him, he always won there. Maybe he p--sed somebody off there. He left NTSU (now University of North Texas) for Iowa. Up and down at Iowa but mostly up.

Former Fry assistants or players who have taken over Division I-A college football programs include:
Kirk Ferentz, Iowa, 1999–present
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma, 1999–present
Mike Stoops, Arizona, 2004–present
Bill Snyder, Kansas State, 1989–2005, 2009–present
Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin, 1990–2005
Bret Bielema, Wisconsin, 2006–present
Dan McCarney, Iowa State, 1995–2006
Chuck Long, San Diego State, 2006–2008
Jim Leavitt, South Florida, 1996–2009
Bo Pelini, Nebraska, 2008–present

Hayden also was the high school coach in Odessa, TX when my wife was a student there.

 

[coach316]

Hayden Fry was kind of a cross between Darrell Royal and Switzer and Leach and you could hardly wait to hear what he had to say ...

Colorful, charismatic, quotable, great coach.

I forgot he brought North Texas State into D-II dominance in the early-mid 70s. I don't know why SMU fired him, he always won there. Maybe he p--sed somebody off there. He left NTSU (now University of North Texas) for Iowa. Up and down at Iowa but mostly up.

In 1968, SMU went 7–3 and defeated Oklahoma in the Bluebonnet Bowl. LeVias was selected as an all-conference player as a senior for the third time. Fry's Mustangs then had just a 12–20 record over the next three years from 1969–1971. That put Fry's job in jeopardy, and rumors started to swirl after Fry's Mustangs started the 1972 season at 4-4. Not even a three game winning streak could save Fry. After a 7–4 season in 1972, Fry was fired at SMU, which robbed the Mustangs of a bowl berth.

Hayden Fry compiled a 49–66–1 record in 11 seasons at SMU, including the school's only three winning seasons since the late 1940s. In Fry's autobiography, Fry stated that he believed his firing was related to several boosters' desire to start a slush fund to pay players and recruits. SMU was the second-smallest school in the Southwest Conference, and had found it difficult to compete over the last two decades against schools double its size or more. When he refused to go along with the plan, Fry said, the boosters pressured the school's new president to fire him. As it turned out, SMU would be hit with NCAA sanctions five times after Fry's departure before having its program completely shut down for the 1987 season due to a massive litany of misconduct. Most of the violations were related to the slush fund Fry had opposed several years earlier.

 

[coach316]

I'm pretty sure Joe Paterno bounced Hayden Fry on his knee.

LOL! It would seem like it wouldn't it? JoePa has been around forever and a day. But, as it turns out, JoePa is only 3 years older than the ol' sly fox.