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PAG LIN 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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