Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
1982, 1986 and 1991 Rose Bowl Games
2010 Inductee
With Hayden Fry at the helm, Iowa’s football program ranked consistently among the nation’s best. As the Hawkeyes’ head coach for 20 years, Fry led his team to 96 Big Ten victories; league titles in 1981 (shared), 1985 (outright) and 1990 (shared); three trips to the Rose Bowl Game; and 14 bowl appearances in all. In 1982, Fry was responsible for bringing the Hawkeyes back to the Rose Bowl Game for the first time after a 23-year hiatus.
Fry was voted Big Ten Coach of the Year three times (1981, 1990, 1991) and was named Coach of the Year, regionally and nationally, by both the media and the American College Football Coaches Association. In 2003 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He has also been honored with the prestigious Amos Alonzo Stagg Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been inducted into the Baylor Wall of Fame; the Peach, Sun and Holiday Bowl Halls of Fame; and the North Texas State University Hall of Fame. Fry passed away in 2019.
