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Fry, Texan who turned around Iowa, dies at 90.
Hayden Fry, the Texan who revived Iowa football and became a Hawkeye State institution over two decades as a Big Ten coach, has died. He was 90.
Fry’s family announced through the University of Iowa that the former coach died Tuesday with his family at his side after a long battle with cancer. He had been living in the Dallas area with his wife, Shirley.
“We are proud to know that our father’s life had a positive influence on so many people, the players, the coaches, and the fans who played for, worked with, and supported his long and successful coaching career,” the family said in a statement. “His legend will live forever with the people he touched and inspired, and the programs he led to greater heights.”
Fry, a native of Eastland, Texas, had never been to Iowa before taking over the Hawkeyes in 1979, hired by then-athletic director Bump Elliott, the former Michigan star who died earlier this month.
The Hawkeyes had slogged through 17 consecutive years without a winning season when Fry arrived. He changed everything. He had the uniforms redesigned to make them look more like the black-and-gold ones worn by the Pittsburgh Steelers, the NFL’s dominant team at the time. The familiar Tigerhawk logo was unveiled during Fry’s tenure. He had the visitors’ locker room painted pink, a tradition that still stands. Roaming the sidelines in his familiar dark sunglasses, Fry coached the Hawkeyes for 20 seasons, winning 238 games and three Big Ten championships.
The Kofa boys soccer team got a break from its brutally tough schedule Tuesday night when it faced Yuma High at Doan Field, and the Kings made the most of it with a 7-0 victory.
Leo Ramirez had a hat trick and Hector Quiroz added two goals for the Kings, who improved to 1-1 AIA and 6-1 overall. Santiago Garcia and Nicklaus Sullivan had the team’s other two goals.
Despite the lopsided final, Kofa led just 1-0 at halftime. Quiroz had the lone first half goal, and then got the second-half barrage started with a goal to make it 2-0.
“Most of the guys realized they just had to start touching the ball and not get frustrated,” Kofa coach Jamie Nicewander said of the team’s six-goal second half.
Nicewander said Yuma High did not record a single shot in the first half, and did not record a single shot on frame the entire game.