27 Facts About Frank Broyles

John Franklin Broyles was an American college football player and coach, college athletics administrator, and broadcaster.

Frank Broyles attended Georgia Tech, where was the starting quarterback for the Yellow Jackets and lettered in baseball and basketball.

Frank Broyles was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983.

Frank Broyles graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Industrial Management.

Frank Broyles started all of Tech's games as quarterback during his senior season, and led the Yellow Jackets to the 1945 Orange Bowl.

Tech lost the bowl game, but in defeat Frank Broyles set an Orange Bowl record for passing yards with 304.

Frank Broyles is a member of the Orange Bowl, Gator Bowl, and Cotton Bowl Classic halls of fame, and the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame.

Frank Broyles was later drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1946 NFL Draft.

Frank Broyles entered coaching in 1947 as an assistant coach under head coach Bob Woodruff at Baylor University.

In 1950, Frank Broyles followed Woodruff when the latter took the head coach position at the University of Florida.

Frank Broyles sought the head coaching position at Northwestern University in 1954, and ultimately left Georgia Tech in 1957 when he was offered the position of head coach at the University of Missouri.

Frank Broyles stayed at Missouri only one season when he was offered the head coaching job at Arkansas.

Frank Broyles still holds the record for most wins by a head coach in the history of Arkansas football, with 144.

Frank Broyles was often assigned games involving Southeastern Conference or Southwest Conference teams, but if the primary game of a particular week involved the Razorbacks, Frank Broyles was paired with another play-by-play man, many times Al Michaels or Chris Schenkel, while Jackson called the game with another color commentator, many times Ara Parseghian.

Frank Broyles' commentary was normally focused on play calling and coaching strategy, and while paired with Jackson, resulted in an all-Georgian booth.

In 1974 Frank Broyles was appointed Men's Athletic Director of the University of Arkansas.

Frank Broyles disbanded the men's swimming and diving program to satisfy new regulations from the SEC of having two more women's sports than men's sports.

On February 17,2007, Frank Broyles announced his plans to retire as Men's Athletic Director, effective December 31,2007, ending his half-century association with Arkansas.

In 2000, following an expansion of Razorback Stadium, Frank Broyles announced that one home game would move from War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock to Fayetteville, and that, in the near future, all home games might be played on campus.

Frank Broyles is known for producing high quality coaches and the prestigious Frank Broyles Award, the annual award for best assistant coach, is named after him.

Barry Switzer, Johnny Majors, Joe Gibbs, Hayden Fry, and Jimmy Johnson all served under Frank Broyles and have combined to win five collegiate national championships and six Super Bowls.

Frank Broyles was selected as the 20th century's most influential Arkansas sports figure.

Frank Broyles will be remembered as the only SEC athletic director that had to drop a men's sport, bringing into questions the health of the athletic department under his leadership.

Frank Broyles was known as a fierce competitor both as a head coach and athletic director.

Frank Broyles led Arkansas out of the Southwest Conference and into the Southeastern Conference.

In 1983 Frank Broyles was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and in 1996, the Frank Broyles Award was established to recognize the top assistant coaches in college football.

In 2007 and again in 2009, Frank Broyles successfully raised funds to distribute 500,000 copies of the book nationally, plus 100,000 copies in Spanish.