Sport(s) Football 1967–1968 Arizona 1959–1962 Adams State 1969–1973 Western Illinois | 1963–1965 North Dakota State Name Darrell Mudra 1966 Montreal Alouettes Role Coach | |
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Born January 14, 1929 (age 95)
Omaha, Nebraska ( 1929-01-14 ) | ||
Darrell "Dr. Victory" Mudra (born January 14, 1929) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Adams State College (1959–1962), North Dakota State University (1963–1965), the University of Arizona (1967–1968), Western Illinois University (1969–1973), Florida State University (1974–1975), Eastern Illinois University (1978–1982), and the University of Northern Iowa (1983–1987), compiling a career college football record of 200–81–4. Murdra was also the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for one season in 1966. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2000.
Mudra played as a fullback at Peru State College and graduated from there in 1951.
Career
Mudra had an unorthodox coaching style. Throughout his days as a head coach, Mudra worked from the press box while a game was being played rather the sideline as most head coaches do.