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Edward Arthur Thomas [1] (July 17, 1950 – June 24, 2009) was an American high school football coach. On June 24, 2009, Thomas was shot and killed in his Parkersburg, Iowa football team's weight room by Mark Becker, one of Thomas' former players. [2] Thomas was airlifted to a Waterloo, Iowa hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after ...
At the end of each season, the Chris Street Award is given to the Hawkeye player or players who best exemplify the spirit, enthusiasm, and intensity of Chris Street. [5] When it was announced that the award was created shortly after Street's death in 1993, Iowa Coach Tom Davis said "We want to remember everything Chris represented.
The third was in memory of Iowa high school football coaching legend Ed Thomas, who was killed in his team's weight room by a former player. A small gold sticker with the black letters " FFF " placed near the crown of the helmet represents "Faith, Family, Football," a motto Coach Thomas preached to his players to represent what his players ...
In this week's Coaches Confidential, we asked Iowa high school football coaches who they learned the most from in coaching.
The Iowa Hawkeyes football program is a college football team that represents the University of Iowa in the Big Ten Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The program has had 25 head coaches since organized football began in 1889. Iowa has played in over 1,200 games during its 127 seasons.
Nagel's hiring was questioned even more after he had a 3–16–1 record in 1966 and 1967 at Iowa. However, the Hawkeyes set several school and conference offensive records in 1968 and finished with a 5–5 record. A boycott by several black players at Iowa in 1969 hurt the Hawkeye football squad and was a factor in their 5–5 record that season.
The former Iowa State running back had eight carries for 37 yards and a touchdown to go with three receptions for 36 yards in Sunday's 24-6 road win over the Indianapolis Colts.
The 2006 team won three of its first ten games, with seven straight losses to Division I teams by an average of 20 points. On November 8, 2006, he announced his resignation. At the time, he was the longest tenured head football coach in the Big 12 Conference. [6] [7] [8] In 2016, he was inducted into the Iowa State Hall of Fame. [9]