Hayden Fry

John Hayden Fry (born February 28, 1929) was a NCAA Division I-A college football coach from the 1960s through the 1990s. He compiled a record of 232 wins, 178 losses, and 10 ties during his 37-year career as a head coach.

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Born in Eastland, Texas, Fry graduated from Baylor University with a degree in psychology in 1951. He later served in the U.S. Marine Corps before coaching high school football in Odessa, Texas, and serving as an assistant coach with Baylor and Arkansas.

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Fry's first head coaching job came with Southern Methodist University in 1962. He coached there for 11 seasons, compiling a 49-66-1 record. During his tenure at SMU, on September 24, 1966, Fry integrated the Southwest Conference when he started wide receiver Jerry Levias at a game against the University of Illinois. LeVias was the first black athlete to receive an athletic scholarship at a Southwest Conference school.

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