n.e.husker Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Former Iowa football coach Hayden Fry saw something special in Bo Pelini when Pelini played free safety at Ohio State from 1987-90. Fry saw the rugged tenacity. He noted the intelligence and savvy. Maybe the Ohio kid would be a good head coach someday, Fry surmised. "I was raised on a farm (near Odessa, Texas)," Fry said Monday. "My daddy told me when I was just a kid, he said, 'Son, I don't know what you're going to do or become when you grow up. But if you're going to be a winner, if you're going to be successful, you've got to surround yourself with winners.' That became my philosophy. I hired coaches who were just super folks." In 1991, Fry gave Pelini his first coaching job, as a graduate assistant for the Hawkeyes. Plenty of Nebraska fans would tell you Bo went on to become a pretty good head coach. The 82-year-old Fry, who retired in 1998 after two decades as Hawkeyes head coach, counts 21 of his former assistants who went on to become head coaches in college or the NFL. The list also includes Barry Alvarez, Bret Bielema, Jim Leavitt, Dan McCarney, Bill Snyder, Bob Stoops and Mike Stoops. http://huskerextra.com/sports/football/article_40ba8cb2-f8a8-5a19-8f5b-9b76b0794dc4.html Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Fry is a legend in my mind, growing up in Iowa I heard about him all the time obviously. He transformed alot of assistant coaches into good head coaches. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 The 82-year-old Fry, who retired in 1998 after two decades as Hawkeyes head coach, counts 21 of his former assistants who went on to become head coaches in college or the NFL. The list also includes Barry Alvarez, Bret Bielema, Jim Leavitt, Dan McCarney, Bill Snyder, Bob Stoops and Mike Stoops. http://huskerextra.com/sports/football/article_40ba8cb2-f8a8-5a19-8f5b-9b76b0794dc4.html THAT is an impressive list (including Bo). Quote Link to comment
CO_hawk Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Fry put Iowa on the map, I'm so happy to see his former coaches do so well. Wonder if Bo has a Hawkeye tattoo? To think he did this when Nebraska was at their best, just one state over, is a great accomplishment. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Yeah, Fry is a wonderful, terrific person. A true giant among men. Coach Fry is a great guy too. Quote Link to comment
bigg10 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Yeah, Fry is a wonderful, terrific person. A true giant among men. Coach Fry is a great guy too. To be able to have that big of an impact on this decade of football, yea I would say he pry was. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Yeah, Fry is a wonderful, terrific person. A true giant among men. Coach Fry is a great guy too. To be able to have that big of an impact on this decade of football, yea I would say he pry was. <---You did notice my Avatar, right? Quote Link to comment
REDSTEEL Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Yep, the inventor of pink locker rooms. Quote Link to comment
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