March 12, 1987(1987-03-12) (aged 74) Upper Arlington, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1933–1935
Denison
Position(s)
Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946–1948
Denison
1949–1950
Miami (OH)
1951–1978
Ohio State
Head coaching record
Overall
238–72–10 (college) 18–11–1 (high school)
Bowls
6–6
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5 National (1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970) 1 OAC (1947) 1 Mid-American (1950) 13 Big Ten (1954–1955, 1957, 1961, 1968–1970, 1972–1977)
Awards
AFCA Coach of the Year (1957) Sporting News College Football COY (1968) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1968) 3× Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1957, 1968, 1975) Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1986) 2× Big Ten Coach of the Year (1973, 1975)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1983 (profile)
Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes (February 14, 1913 – March 12, 1987) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Denison University from 1946 to 1948, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1949 to 1950, and Ohio State University from 1951 to 1978, compiling a career college football coaching record of 238–72–10. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983.
During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program, Hayes' teams were recognized five times by NCAA consensus selectors as national champions (1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970),[1] credited as three – 1954, 1957, 1968 – by the major wire-services: AP Poll and Coaches' Poll.[2][3] Additionally, his Buckeye teams captured 13 Big Ten Conference titles, and amassed a record of 205–61–10.
Over the last decade of his coaching tenure at Ohio State, Hayes's Buckeye squads faced off in a fierce rivalry against the Michigan Wolverines coached by Bo Schembechler, a former player under and assistant coach to Hayes. During that stretch in the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry, dubbed "The Ten Year War", Hayes and Schembechler's teams won or shared the Big Ten Conference crown every season and usually each placed in the national rankings.
^STAATS, WAYNE. "College football coaches with the most national championships". NCAA.com. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
^Fineman, Alex. "Hayes produced champions, controversy". ESPN. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
^"Woody Hayes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes (February 14, 1913 – March 12, 1987) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Denison...
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on the football field with three separate coaches and in 1951 hired WoodyHayes to coach the team. Under his guidance Ohio State won thirteen Big Ten...
tackle at Miami University, where in 1949 and 1950 he was coached by WoodyHayes, for whom he served as an assistant coach at Ohio State University in...
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deaths. In the 1978 game between Ohio State and Clemson, Ohio State coach WoodyHayes lost his temper after a late game interception by Clemson nose guard...
the runner-up was from Stanford. Harbaugh was named the winner of the WoodyHayes Coach of the Year Award. On January 7, 2011, four days after winning...
candidate to replace WoodyHayes at Ohio State in 1979, but Holtz did not pursue the job because he did not want to follow Hayes. Holtz led Arkansas to...
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recipients of the Big Ten Coach of the year, Bo Schembechler and WoodyHayes, as the Hayes–Schembechler coach of the year. The award is named in honor of...
time defeating the California Golden Bears 17–14. Following Fesler, WoodyHayes took over the position of head coach at Ohio State and during his career...
rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody." WoodyHayes (1913 – 1987), winner of five national titles as football coach at Ohio...
Ohio State, he served as a graduate assistant to Buckeye football coach WoodyHayes. The Buckeyes were undefeated national champions that year, and won the...
against the University of Michigan place him second in school history to WoodyHayes, who had 16, and he is tied with Urban Meyer as the only Ohio State head...
starting quarterback for legendary Buckeyes coach WoodyHayes. According to Schlichter's father, Hayes was so enthralled with the young quarterback that...
football record of 154–90–2. At Ohio State, Bruce succeeded the legendary WoodyHayes and won four Big Ten Conference titles. He was inducted into the College...
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however, for an incident in which Buckeye coach WoodyHayes punched Clemson nose guard Charlie Bauman. Hayes was fired the next day. In 1981, Ford led Clemson...
"Bennett: The punch that ended WoodyHayes' career". 30 December 2013. Winfield, Paul (31 December 1978). "Coach Hayes Ousted by Ohio State for Punching...
and took a job as an assistant coach at Miami of Ohio. When head coach WoodyHayes left in 1951 to coach at Ohio State University, Parseghian took over...
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