American football player, coach, and administrator (1918–2009)
Forest Evashevski
Evashevski from 1965 Hawkeye
Biographical details
Born
(1918-02-18)February 18, 1918 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died
October 30, 2009(2009-10-30) (aged 91) Petoskey, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
1938–1940
Michigan
1942
Iowa Pre-Flight
Position(s)
Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1941
Hamilton
1942
Pittsburgh (assistant)
1946
Syracuse (assistant)
1947–1949
Michigan State (assistant)
1950–1951
Washington State
1952–1960
Iowa
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1960–1970
Iowa
Head coaching record
Overall
68–35–6
Bowls
2–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
National (FWAA, 1958) 3 Big Ten (1956, 1958, 1960)
Awards
2× First-team All-Big Ten (1938, 1940)
Second-team All-Big Ten (1939)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2000 (profile)
Forest "Evy" Evashevski (February 19, 1918 – October 30, 2009) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1942.
Evashevski served as the head football coach at Hamilton College in 1941, Washington State College from 1950 to 1951, and the University of Iowa from 1952 to 1960, compiling a career record of 68–35–6. Evashevski's 1958 Iowa team went 8–1–1, won the Big Ten Conference title and defeated the California Golden Bears in the Rose Bowl. Though they finished second to the LSU Tigers in both major pre-bowl game polls, the 1958 Hawkeyes were recognized by the Football Writers Association of America as national champions after all the bowl games had been played. Evashevski served as Iowa's athletic director from 1960 to 1970, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2000.
Forest "Evy" Evashevski (February 19, 1918 – October 30, 2009) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played...
almost every major national award, including the 1939 Heisman Trophy. ForestEvashevski was hired as Iowa's head coach in 1952. He lured Calvin Jones to Iowa...
and pushing his way the last few yards". He then "rifled" a pass to ForestEvashevski in the third quarter for Michigan's second touchdown. In the final...
ForestEvashevski's first season as coach. Three years later, in 1956, the Hawkeyes won the Big Ten championship with a 9–1 record. Under Evashevski,...
Sarboe's Cougars posted a 17–26–3 (.402) record in his five seasons. ForestEvashevski took over as the head coach in late 1949. His 1951 team finished the...
beginning at Iowa, with classwork, homesickness, and with his coach, ForestEvashevski. He was a pledge at Sigma Nu fraternity during his first year in school...
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Stadium with a commemorative street renaming ceremony honoring Forest “Evy” Evashevski. Evashevski served as the Hawkeyes' head coach from 1952 to 1960, turning...
and the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy. Junior quarterback ForestEvashevski was the team second leading scorer with 25 points and was selected...
1958 Big Ten Conference football season. The team was coached by ForestEvashevski and captained by fullback John Nocera. The Football Writers Association...
in 1986 over Iowa State was Fry's 53rd at Iowa, vaulting him past ForestEvashevski to become the winningest coach in Hawkeye history. Iowa had an 8–3...
(ECAC; split crew: ECAC, SWC) Attendance 75,504 Payout US$175,000 per team United States TV coverage Network CBS Announcers Jack Drees, ForestEvashevski...
alumnus ForestEvashevski as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa. Burns began serving as an assistant coach at Iowa under Evashevski in 1954...
appearing on the cover of Life magazine in November 1940. Quarterback ForestEvashevski won the Big Ten Medal as the school's best senior student-athlete...
coach Jerry Burns had reportedly experienced with athletic director ForestEvashevski. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported, "At least four coaches either...
Wolverines, Ralph Heikkinen, halfback Tom Harmon and quarterback ForestEvashevski, were selected as first-team players on the 1938 All-Big Ten Conference...
1970, succeeding ForestEvashevski. He came to Iowa in the midst of a feud between Evashevski and football coach Ray Nagel. Evashevski resigned in May...
(1945) Eddie Anderson (1946–1949) Leonard Raffensperger (1950–1951) ForestEvashevski (1952–1960) Jerry Burns (1961–1965) Ray Nagel (1966–1970) Frank Lauterbur...
coaches, Hayes nearly started a fight with Iowa's athletic director, ForestEvashevski, before being restrained. Prior to the 1973 Rose Bowl, Hayes shoved...
Solem, 1934–1937 E. G. Schroeder, 1937–1947 Paul Brechler, 1947–1960 ForestEvashevski, 1960–1970 Bump Elliott, 1970–1990 Christine Grant, 1973–2000 as women's...
broadcaster[citation needed] Hayden Epstein (born 1980), NFL football player ForestEvashevski, 1941, football player, head coach at Washington State and Iowa, member...
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