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Senate Resolution 2

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  1  1               SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ____
  1  2     BY  DVORSKY, BOLKCOM, IVERSON, KRAMER, JOHNSON,
  1  3      ZIEMAN, SCHUERER, GASKILL, TINSMAN, FREEMAN,
  1  4     RITTMER, REDFERN, LAMBERTI, REDWINE, BOETTGER,
  1  5    HEDGE, MADDOX, SEXTON, REHBERG, VEENSTRA, DRAKE,
  1  6    McKEAN, ANGELO, MILLER, GRONSTAL, FRAISE, McCOY,
  1  7    FLYNN, JUDGE, CONNOLLY, HARPER, SOUKUP, DELUHERY,
  1  8            HORN, DEARDEN, KIBBIE, and BLACK
  1  9 A Resolution honoring University of Iowa Football
  1 10    Coach Hayden Fry.  
  1 11    WHEREAS, University of Iowa Football Coach Hayden
  1 12 Fry has retired from coaching after 20 seasons as Head
  1 13 Coach at the University of Iowa and as the Hawkeyes'
  1 14 winningest football coach with an overall record of
  1 15 143-89-6; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, Coach Fry's hard work and "scratch where
  1 17 it itches" philosophy rejuvenated a football program
  1 18 considered by many to be a coaching graveyard; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, Coach Fry led the Hawkeyes in 1981, just
  1 20 three years after arriving at Iowa, to their first
  1 21 winning record since 1961, and their first Big Ten
  1 22 Title and Rose Bowl appearance since 1959; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, the Hawkeye football team has consistently
  1 24 ranked among the nation's best teams during Coach
  1 25 Fry's tenure, and includes three Big Ten
  1 26 championships, 14 first division finishes, and nine
  1 27 finishes in the nation's top 25 rankings, including
  1 28 two finishes in the nation's top 10 rankings; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, Coach Fry led the Hawkeyes to 14 bowl
  1 30 appearances, including three in the Rose Bowl, three
  2  1 in the Holiday Bowl, two each in the Peach, Alamo, and
  2  2 Sun Bowls, and one each in the Gator and Freedom
  2  3 Bowls; and
  2  4    WHEREAS, Coach Fry has been named Big Ten Coach of
  2  5 The Year three times and Coach of the Year, both
  2  6 regionally and nationally, by both the media and the
  2  7 American College Football Coaches Association; and
  2  8    WHEREAS, Coach Fry ranks tenth among Division I
  2  9 head coaches in career victories with 232; and
  2 10    WHEREAS, all Iowa football fans have been treated
  2 11 to exciting and entertaining football during Coach
  2 12 Fry's 20 seasons and have been justly proud of the
  2 13 success which has resulted from Coach Fry's
  2 14 leadership; and
  2 15    WHEREAS, Coach Fry is active in helping numerous
  2 16 charitable and civic organizations and was supportive
  2 17 of Iowa's farmers during the farm crisis in the 1980s,
  2 18 having Hawkeye players wear ANF (America Needs
  2 19 Farmers) decals on their helmets for eight seasons;
  2 20 and
  2 21    WHEREAS, Coach Fry will "always be a Hawk"; NOW
  2 22 THEREFORE,
  2 23    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That Coach Hayden Fry
  2 24 be congratulated for the success and recognition he
  2 25 helped to bring to the University of Iowa and the
  2 26 Hawkeye football program both on and off the field,
  2 27 for his outstanding leadership, inspiration, and
  2 28 coaching ability exhibited throughout his career at
  2 29 the University of Iowa; and
  2 30    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an
  3  1 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for
  3  2 presentation to Coach Hayden Fry.  
  3  3 LSB 1720SS 78
  3  4 mj/gg/8
     

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