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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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