I’m a Clemson fan, but man do I have a lot of respect for this coach. He was an amazing mentor. Forget the times he hit people like the punch. If you look at what he did and how much of an amazing coach he was to the players for not only football, but also as a life coach. Woody Hayes will be remembered in college football history forever.
I'm 73 & grew up less than 30 miles from the shoe. He was legendary before I even grew up. 5 National Titles in 28 years and several 'almosts' in the top 5 ! He was a mentor and even a father figure to some depending on their needs. An incredibly wise man dedicated to succeeding.
I was sitting in that classroom as a freshman during the BBC's documentary on Coach Hayes, August of 1977. His words and philosophy still ring true today!
Woody Hayes always told me everytime i saw him to come to Ohio State .. he was a legend... tough and hard nosed coach but he had a very kind heart who loved his family , friends, Ohio State and of his players
i'm a lifelong alabama fan and i met bear bryant when i was young,but the more i know about coach hayes i think he is one of the best coaches ever,.and it's a shame we don't have more like him today.i know coach bryant talk well of woody and said that he was the hardest worker of any of the older coaches(including himself).
Which is unbelievable because I consider Bear and Saban the gold standards of coaching even as an OSU fan. Saban is the closest thing to Woody as far as temper goes. Bear was I believe a little more mellow, which is probably why his teams were always great.
USC Trojan fan here. Had many Rose Bowls against the Buckeyes. But I gotta say Woody Hayes is one of the ALL TIME greats. Great respect for him as a coach, and comes across as a good man also. With him as coach no wonder OSU was so tough. A mans man.
The thing is that it is a double edged sword. That level of passion can help inspire people to greatness (and Woody was able to push his Buckeye teams to do some amazing things), but it can also push you to get out of hand and do something incredibly stupid like punch Clemson's defensive tackle in the throat after an interception.
Vocabulary for regular students as well. He was a true old school person. Woody also taught extreme discipline. This is likely where But b Knight learned to be such a great coach.
I knew Woody fairly well. In an interview he gave a few months before he died, Bob Greene asked him about the quote "Winning is everything". He replied, "No, the most important thing is not to win, the most important thing is to always hope." RIP old friend.
@Hawkeyes2017 If you're going to say he was a nutcase, I certainly can't deny that. Having said that, you should be saying in the same breath that he was also a very good coach and probably the greatest coach that Ohio state ever produced. He came up in the same era I did. Not the same year, but the era of no political correctness and no BS.
Coach's philosophy still rings true today. Discipline and teamwork is, and will always be, the foundation of a successful relationship. It is also the calling card of a successful democracy: The needs of the many outweighs the wants of the few.
IT is a shame woody will be remembered, by the vast majority, as the psycho who punched the clemson player. It is a shame because he was, for the most part, an educator, great coach, mentor, and good person.
After his death, Woody's friends paid for an athletic training facility named after him. It did not cost the taxpayers one cent. (Woody had a LOT of friends)
Woody enlisted in the US Navy 6 months before Pearl Harbor. In 4 years he went from Seaman Recruit to Lieutenant Commander- in command of the USS Rinehart, a destroyer escort.
He was also obsessed. Which is not a bad thing, except if you never learn to control it or let it go someday. There was no other way he was going to leave Ohio State. Well, it could have happened without punching Charlie, but no way would he ride quietly into the sunset.
I'm a Penn State alum and it's clear to the rest of the world outside of Columbus that Woody was a hothead with a hair-trigger temper like Bobby Knight --- and many rumors prove he was a racist as well --- which is why classy coaches like Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden will always be highly regarded and Hayes will be immortalized in the Hall of Shame!
@@fredwerza3478 Bobby was a big cheater though at FSU, though what he did for Marshall earned a ton of respect from me. I respected Joe until I found out he lied about Sandusky, that ticked me off. He should have told police.
@@kentamitchell And the first OSU coach to start back athletes I believe. I am not sure why he would have the reputation as a racist when he had the respect of so many black players like Archie, Cornelius, Jim Parker, and Jack Tatum.
I stumbled across this as a Michigan state fan going down the rabbit hole of watching U of M getting humiliated and well it was a pleasant and intriguing gem of wisdom here.
One of the greatest coaches of all time! Hayes won Six national championships (1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970), & 1973 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 is just one of the Buckeyes Hall of Fame Coach's! Do not hate the coach hate the game Hooah!
Total bullsyt. He was 5-6 in bowl games.Your wrong about the NC years - 1954 was UCLA and Ohio state, 1957 was Auburn and Ohio State, 1961 was Alabama, 1970 was Texas and Nebraska, 1973 NC was awarded to Notre dame in the AP poll and Alabama in the Coaches poll So, you are full of shyt! The guy was a egotistical dick and couldn't win outside of the big10...and the tradition continues.
Woody's actions are a reflection of the man. Words are cheap, his actions showed he was a hot headed blow hard coaching in a a mediocre football league....the little 10!
Baerdogy Haha nice try troll. 6 national titles? From a mediocre league? Did you miss the word national? Words are cheap; ask Archie Griffin was his actions were. Pay forward!
He was also known for visiting with students and keeping the peace during anti-war protests. He is remembered for his dark side, but he was an outstanding man off the field from all appearances.
Wow! I only knew Woody Hayes from his on-camera outbursts. I didn't realize how devoted he was to educating his players. He also has great rapport with his players, which you wouldn't guess given his reputation after his firing. Thanks for posting.
There are so many OSU haters that have the blinders on when it comes to this man.Im not a bama,sooner,nittany lion,etc.But I know for a damn fact Woody was one of the greatest coaches the sport will ever see.Right along with Bear,joepa,Bo,Switzer etc.
I was 11 years old when Hayes was prominent in the 1970's. I remember he wasn't well liked by the news media, but I have to honestly say, that, I would have loved to be a player on his team and to taught the good moral things he taught in class!
This is an excerpt from “The Americans,” a BBC series (and hence the interviewer’s British accent) about American public figures of the 1970s. Having known Woody Hayes personally when I was an OSU grad student (but having no connection with the football program), I was pleasantly surprised to find that in addition to his expertise in military history, he was a recognized scholar of the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
"Come on have a joint with me" lmaoo im literally watching this because i was looking up stuff on the woody haze strain and never really knew exactly what this guy was other than a football coach for ohio state (only because im from Columbus). But either way i dont know if its just called woody haze or just haze but still kinda funny to me.
The first newspaper editor I worked for was a close friend of Woody Hayes, and Hayes hired him as the cook for the team on road trips, including four consecutive trips to the Rose Bowl. My editor lauded Woody Hayes to me. I had mixed feelings about the coach. Still do. Hayes' devotion to education and lack of concern with salary were remarkable. And he expressed passionate and informed opinions about seemingly everything BUT football when he recruited kids. The downside was, his childish failure to lose gracefully. He sometimes wasn't charitable in victory either, though he says his words were misconstrued. Overall, I find him the most interesting college sports coach, but he needed to grow up at moments.
As much as I admired and respected Woody Hayes after getting to know him through luncheons in which we talked about his other passion, Ralph Waldo Emerson (he was nationally recognized Emerson scholar), and whatever comparisons are drawn between his record and those of his successors, the one man who made Ohio State the football power of the Midwest was not a coach but a player who, from 1916-1920, played every position on offense and defense and drew such crowds that the OSU stadium had to be built. His name was Charles “Chic” Harley, and for decades the stadium was known as “The House That Harley Built.”
WOULD TO GOD THAT WE HAD FOOTBALL COACHES LIKE WOODY HAYES WHO TEACH GRAMMAR TO COLLEGE STUDENTS, FOR GOD'S SAKE. SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT I'D TAKE WOODY HAYES OVER 20 MIDERN DAY COACHES. HAD I THE TALENT, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN AN ASSKICKING AND A CUSSING FROM THIS MAN. RIP, WOODY HAYES.
Woody MUST be laughing over last night's defeat of Oregon.....GO BUCKS! Woody cared for his players, and Urban cares for his. That makes a winning coach.
He had a bad habit of getting physical when he was angry, otherwise he was a great man and a great coach. I really like Woody Hayes and he was a great man. Listen to him speaking to his players about the word apathy. People don’t talk like this anymore. The physical stuff never bothered me but I come from a different generation. I’ve been smacked for being stupid and it never felt like abuse.
I am not an Ohio st fan....but it has been 45 years and I still think Woodys 1973 team was the best team I have ever seen in the Big Ten! Michigans 1997 team and 1994 Penn st were pretty close too.
I think Woody's Buckeyes were college football's best squad in 1973. Other than a 10-10 tie at Michigan they demolished everyone else. Following Ohio State's 42-21 thrashing of USC in the 1974 Rose Bowl Trojan Head Coach John McKay agreed as well. Notre Dame was the consensus champion that year but McKay told the media afterward, "We've played them both and Ohio State is better." Had there been a college football playoff system in effect I have no doubt that the '73 Buckeyes would have beaten any U.S. college team that stood in their way.
I'm a Penn State grad and I would probably have to agree that 1973 Buckeyes team was the best Big Ten squad of all time --- now I certainly have a good case to make for my '94 Nittany Lions but they didnt have a defense that really scared anyone like the Buckeyes did --- you mofo's registered four shutouts in '73 and also had four other wins where you kept the opposition to 7 points or less! That is impressive as hell. Your '73 team was just insanely stacked on both sides of the ball, and I'd probably rank them the greatest college football team of all time if it wasn't for that tie vs. Michigan, so therefore the '95 Cornhuskers still holds that title.
1973 Ohio st. no longer holds that spot. This 2023 Michigan team is without a doubt the best team I have ever seen in the BIG conference going back some 51 years. 11 of 15 wins by 20 points or more......nation's top ranked defense.....beating the SEC champion and the PAC 12 champion in the playoffs! First national champion in 22 years to have the lead at halftime of every game they played. Harbaugh really built a monster.....at times that team looked like a Pro team playing college boys!
Reminds me of the 1968 game between OSU & Michigan. With 1:23 to go in the 4th qtr, the Buckeyes scored a TD. But! instead of kicking the PAT, the Buckeyes attempted a two-point PAT, which failed. After the game, a reported asked Coach Woody Hayes ... "Why did you go for two so late in this lopsided game?" Woody responded... "Because they wouldn't let me go for three!"
I cannot see Woody Hayes humiliating a soldier or a sailor with PTSD. During the turbulent Vietnam War years he allowed his players to have very long hair out of the helmet, as well as the nation's most luxuriant Afros. Woody was a complex person, and predominantly an educator. His hero was his father, superintendent of a school system. Did he enjoy military science and history? Yes, but he wanted good players even if radical.
@@ARIZJOE Woody was a liberal Conservative it seems. He loved Nixon, but respected anti-war demonstrators who were peaceful. I guess that is one of the main reasons OSU had little violence in the 1960s-70s.
Right on, and likewise for The Bear. From a tOSU man. Woody's old house is a few miles from mine. Right down in the heart of Columbus. Player would drop by all the time to speak with coach, get a meal from the Mrs, etc.
@deakybb It was part of a BBC Series called "Americans" which profiled prominent Americans from different fields. This one became the most famous for obvious reasons.
Woody Hayes,was one of the last of the bigger then life coaches,not just in football,but in all of sports. One of those very few coaches,that while winning big,because of their personality,became as big of a story,as the games they coached every weekend. Woody was Woody,he truly didn't care about,what anyone else thought. And that increased with age. He had many flaws,including his hatred of losing to such an extent,it made worse by aging which effects us all,eventually drove him over the edge,and led to his downfall. But he truly cared about those players. They weren't just a meal ticket for him,as so many are today,for the top coaches. He truly wanted to keep these players out of trouble,to help them grow and have successful lives,out of football as well,whenever that time came. He unlike the top coaches today,held himself to those same standards,starting with money. Unlike those on top today,he like the few of his kind,forever gone,put the school,the athletes,the fan ahead of the almighty dollar. His loyalty could not be bought by the dollar bill. Yes he was conservative,a capitalist. But a capitalist that never forgot,that capitalism must work for people,not the other way around. And a man that could use capitalism to help him,others but sell his soul to gain from it. And for those reasons,and many more,to much to recite here, Woody Hayes,will forever be remembered as one of the greats,and will be so honored,forever,no matter where ones political views may normally reside.
man, coach Hayes was such a bad ass, there's so many rules today that wouldnt allow woody to do that kind of stuff. If we had coach hayes today, we'll never lose!! haha
+Richard McGrath FYI: While Woody leaned conservative, he supported several Democratic candidates. He was honest, fair, and supported good people. He was one of the few in the Ohio State administration who was friendly to me.
guy was a little nuts, but I'd play for him because you can tell he really cares about his players' well being throughout life, not just throughout their college football career.
Great Coach who took winning as everything. He wouldn't be able to get away with a lot of the stuff he did back then, today. In the end on national TV it caught up with him.
Woody was greatness, but also a dunce at the same time. He was the reason the Super Sophomores didn't win 3 titles, but at the same time he was the reason they were even there.
At 3:56 "Money would spoil me", I wish more coaches in this world would listen to that. College coaches today get paid millions, much more than Woody earned. I often wonder if colleges and universities would pay coaches less then they would more able to use that money for financial aid and scholarships instead, therefore making colleges more affordable. This is one the many traits that I admire about Woody Hayes.
Not me and i saw it as matter of fact whenever i see a documentary on him or ohio State football i always have to think for 5-10 minutes "whatever happened to him" Woody Hayes IS Ohio State football.
“Them” were the educators on campus who he derided. Many of us baby boomers or early Gen Xers know their HS football coaches were much the same growing up. They felt they were “rescuing” us from all the disorder and effeminacy creeping in. But while other coaches in other sports taught other subjects in school from vocational, to math, and history, the football coaches were gym teachers more likely. It was closer to their fiefdom.
Woody actually came from a family that stressed education...He actually did care if his players got an education and graduated and they did...I'd love to see the #s...Say what u will about those tyrant coaches, particularly Woody and Bobby Knight ...They stressed going to class and getting an education and did NOT tolerate any of their kids skipping or being disrespectful in class, they would have their asses running for days...They actually cared if these kids got their degrees...Not excusing any of their boorish behavior and frankly I hate OSU and IU but these guys walked the walk and when 95% of the other coaches could give 2 shits if they get their degrees, so long as they scored td(s) and hit jumpers, these tyrants genuinely cared so it is what it is....
I’m a Clemson fan, but man do I have a lot of respect for this coach. He was an amazing mentor. Forget the times he hit people like the punch. If you look at what he did and how much of an amazing coach he was to the players for not only football, but also as a life coach. Woody Hayes will be remembered in college football history forever.
Thank you for your kind words. He should not have punched Mr. Bauman
Did you know hayes was a mentor for now coach nick Saban, Saban was a assistant under coach hayes when he began his career.
He is a pedo like Les Wexner and Epstein. His son is a pedo judge
I'm 73 & grew up less than 30 miles from the shoe. He was legendary before I even grew up. 5 National Titles in 28 years and several 'almosts' in the top 5 ! He was a mentor and even a father figure to some depending on their needs. An incredibly wise man dedicated to succeeding.
I was sitting in that classroom as a freshman during the BBC's documentary on Coach Hayes, August of 1977.
His words and philosophy still ring true today!
From a BBC series called "The Americans." This particular episode was called, naturally enough, "The Football Coach."
i truly miss this man the greatest coach ohio state ever had
what a gift to ohio st. football. the best ever.
Woody Hayes always told me everytime i saw him to come to Ohio State .. he was a legend... tough and hard nosed coach but he had a very kind heart who loved his family , friends, Ohio State and of his players
i'm a lifelong alabama fan and i met bear bryant when i was young,but the more i know about coach hayes i think he is one of the best coaches ever,.and it's a shame we don't have more like him today.i know coach bryant talk well of woody and said that he was the hardest worker of any of the older coaches(including himself).
Which is unbelievable because I consider Bear and Saban the gold standards of coaching even as an OSU fan. Saban is the closest thing to Woody as far as temper goes. Bear was I believe a little more mellow, which is probably why his teams were always great.
It’s great to see fatherly side of one of the Big Ten’s greatest coaches.
i'm a big alabama fan but i've always liked woody hayes and i know that coach bryant had alot of respect for him and said so in his book.
This is how all coaches should be, without a doubt. He made sure his players got an education, but still had the fiery passion to win football games.
USC Trojan fan here. Had many Rose Bowls against the Buckeyes. But I gotta say Woody Hayes is one of the ALL TIME greats. Great respect for him as a coach, and comes across as a good man also. With him as coach no wonder OSU was so tough. A mans man.
What most folks don't know, is that Woody also an educator. He taught military history at OSU and English and Math for players on the team.
I did not know that. He was obviously a smart, driven man, there just were times where he needed to take a chill.
Woody was a competitor. He hated to lose. That takes passion. Passion is hard to dial down.
The thing is that it is a double edged sword. That level of passion can help inspire people to greatness (and Woody was able to push his Buckeye teams to do some amazing things), but it can also push you to get out of hand and do something incredibly stupid like punch Clemson's defensive tackle in the throat after an interception.
Really!wow
Vocabulary for regular students as well. He was a true old school person. Woody also taught extreme discipline. This is likely where But b Knight learned to be such a great coach.
I knew Woody fairly well. In an interview he gave a few months before he died, Bob Greene asked him about the quote "Winning is everything". He replied, "No, the most important thing is not to win, the most important thing is to always hope."
RIP old friend.
People who badmouth Woody never met him. I knew him since I was a small child. He was a wonderful man.
Andy A same here O-H
Charles Saxton
I-O!
+KentA Mitchell I've read people said that about Hitler also...they never met him, he was a wonderful man, smh.
Doug Chasteen
Godwin's law.
yes KentA, I wanted to end it.
Woody Hayes was so much more than just a football coach.
Yes, a first class jerk.
Yeah he was a nutcase.
@Hawkeyes2017
If you're going to say he was a nutcase, I certainly can't deny that. Having said that, you should be saying in the same breath that he was also a very good coach and probably the greatest coach that Ohio state ever produced. He came up in the same era I did. Not the same year, but the era of no political correctness and no BS.
People don’t get this
Woody Hayes legendary great college 🏈 coach
One of the best coaches of all time go bucks
Brian Lowe the greatest big ten coach football coach
I love General Patton you need people like this in todays world.
Coach's philosophy still rings true today. Discipline and teamwork is, and will always be, the foundation of a successful relationship. It is also the calling card of a successful democracy: The needs of the many outweighs the wants of the few.
What a great look at Woody. Go Bucks!
Woody cared more about people, and less about money, than any person I have ever known.
Woody lost his anger to much
❤ woody hayes era
IT is a shame woody will be remembered, by the vast majority, as the psycho who punched the clemson player. It is a shame because he was, for the most part, an educator, great coach, mentor, and good person.
After his death, Woody's friends paid for an athletic training facility named after him. It did not cost the taxpayers one cent. (Woody had a LOT of friends)
Woody enlisted in the US Navy 6 months before Pearl Harbor. In 4 years he went from Seaman Recruit to Lieutenant Commander- in command of the USS Rinehart, a destroyer escort.
He was also obsessed. Which is not a bad thing, except if you never learn to control it or let it go someday. There was no other way he was going to leave Ohio State. Well, it could have happened without punching Charlie, but no way would he ride quietly into the sunset.
I'm a Penn State alum and it's clear to the rest of the world outside of Columbus that Woody was a hothead with a hair-trigger temper like Bobby Knight --- and many rumors prove he was a racist as well --- which is why classy coaches like Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden will always be highly regarded and Hayes will be immortalized in the Hall of Shame!
@@fredwerza3478 Bobby was a big cheater though at FSU, though what he did for Marshall earned a ton of respect from me. I respected Joe until I found out he lied about Sandusky, that ticked me off. He should have told police.
Don't care what you think of Woody, that last bit of him teaching in class was great. Could use more professors like that today.
I used to visit Woody at his office in the ROTC building. It was stacked wall to wall, and floor to ceiling with books, books and more books.
Woody was the 1st coach in the Big Ten to start a black kid at quarterback (Cornelius Greene) and to hire a black assistant coach.
@@kentamitchell And the first OSU coach to start back athletes I believe. I am not sure why he would have the reputation as a racist when he had the respect of so many black players like Archie, Cornelius, Jim Parker, and Jack Tatum.
He was garbage. Toxic masculinity personified.
I stumbled across this as a Michigan state fan going down the rabbit hole of watching U of M getting humiliated and well it was a pleasant and intriguing gem of wisdom here.
All day long. I say again, all day long. I could listen to Coach Hayes..... All Day Long.
One of the greatest coaches of all time! Hayes won Six national championships (1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970), & 1973 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 is just one of the Buckeyes Hall of Fame Coach's! Do not hate the coach hate the game Hooah!
Total bullsyt. He was 5-6 in bowl games.Your wrong about the NC years - 1954 was UCLA and Ohio state, 1957 was Auburn and Ohio State, 1961 was Alabama, 1970 was Texas and Nebraska, 1973 NC was awarded to Notre dame in the AP poll and Alabama in the Coaches poll So, you are full of shyt! The guy was a egotistical dick and couldn't win outside of the big10...and the tradition continues.
Baerdogy although some of what you said is true, your clearly not a big fan of Ohio State a blue blood of college football. Deal with it.
Baerdogy
People who badmouth Woody did not know him. I knew him from the time I was 5. RIP old friend.
Woody's actions are a reflection of the man. Words are cheap, his actions showed he was a hot headed blow hard coaching in a a mediocre football league....the little 10!
Baerdogy Haha nice try troll. 6 national titles? From a mediocre league? Did you miss the word national? Words are cheap; ask Archie Griffin was his actions were. Pay forward!
I'm wolverine fan and even I love woody hayes.him bo,bear,joepa,bowden,coaches and leaders like them are gone in football today.
FWIW, I was deeply saddened when Bo died.
Just remember Bear was 0-5-2 against General Neyland
Woody was a humanitarian who loved and cared about people, and that's what was the foundation for everything.
He was also known for visiting with students and keeping the peace during anti-war protests. He is remembered for his dark side, but he was an outstanding man off the field from all appearances.
While punching them and acting like a petulant child?
Woody Hayes was a great man
Woody Hayes , motivational speaker!
what a great man
Greatest Ohio st football coach ever!
Wow! I only knew Woody Hayes from his on-camera outbursts. I didn't realize how devoted he was to educating his players. He also has great rapport with his players, which you wouldn't guess given his reputation after his firing. Thanks for posting.
"The older I get the less I care about what they say" - Woody Hayes to his haters
David Coutellier Is it bad that I started that attitude in high school? Words to live by for sure.
And he was referring to the faculty in response to them and administrators not sending the team to the Rose Bowl
❤ woody Hayes & his great Ohio state football teams
Very involved with local charities. Went to Vietnam to inspire the soldiers.
Really. Wow
GOOD OLE WOODY...I LOVE THIS DUDE
The BEST.
I love Coach Hayes
This man inspires me!
Tough love. Woody coached hard and was demanding because he cared. He wanted his guys to not just succeed in football, but in life.
He really cared.....great coach!!
what a great coach he was ppl!!!
There are so many OSU haters that have the blinders on when it comes to this man.Im not a bama,sooner,nittany lion,etc.But I know for a damn fact Woody was one of the greatest coaches the sport will ever see.Right along with Bear,joepa,Bo,Switzer etc.
I was 11 years old when Hayes was prominent in the 1970's. I remember he wasn't well liked by the news media, but I have to honestly say, that, I would have loved to be a player on his team and to taught the good moral things he taught in class!
This is an excerpt from “The Americans,” a BBC series (and hence the interviewer’s British accent) about American public figures of the 1970s. Having known Woody Hayes personally when I was an OSU grad student (but having no connection with the football program), I was pleasantly surprised to find that in addition to his expertise in military history, he was a recognized scholar of the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Great job Coach Hayes your Philosophy is what the Country needs now! October 22,2020☠☠☠☠
"Come on have a joint with me" lmaoo im literally watching this because i was looking up stuff on the woody haze strain and never really knew exactly what this guy was other than a football coach for ohio state (only because im from Columbus). But either way i dont know if its just called woody haze or just haze but still kinda funny to me.
The first newspaper editor I worked for was a close friend of Woody Hayes, and Hayes hired him as the cook for the team on road trips, including four consecutive trips to the Rose Bowl. My editor lauded Woody Hayes to me. I had mixed feelings about the coach. Still do. Hayes' devotion to education and lack of concern with salary were remarkable. And he expressed passionate and informed opinions about seemingly everything BUT football when he recruited kids. The downside was, his childish failure to lose gracefully. He sometimes wasn't charitable in victory either, though he says his words were misconstrued. Overall, I find him the most interesting college sports coach, but he needed to grow up at moments.
I love mean coaches Lombardi,Knight,and Hayes.Thats how you get better in life.
So true willie
Is that why you're now an imbecile?
As much as I admired and respected Woody Hayes after getting to know him through luncheons in which we talked about his other passion, Ralph Waldo Emerson (he was nationally recognized Emerson scholar), and whatever comparisons are drawn between his record and those of his successors, the one man who made Ohio State the football power of the Midwest was not a coach but a player who, from 1916-1920, played every position on offense and defense and drew such crowds that the OSU stadium had to be built. His name was Charles “Chic” Harley, and for decades the stadium was known as “The House That Harley Built.”
Yes, I love it that he has called out liberals. The people who are calling Hayes an asshole has never led, or have been in charge.
WOULD TO GOD THAT WE HAD FOOTBALL COACHES LIKE WOODY HAYES WHO TEACH GRAMMAR TO COLLEGE STUDENTS, FOR GOD'S SAKE. SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT I'D TAKE WOODY HAYES OVER 20 MIDERN DAY COACHES. HAD I THE TALENT, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN AN ASSKICKING AND A CUSSING FROM THIS MAN. RIP, WOODY HAYES.
Woody MUST be laughing over last night's defeat of Oregon.....GO BUCKS! Woody cared for his players, and Urban cares for his. That makes a winning coach.
Wait? There is TV's in heaven?
+BuckeyeNation .23 Woody lives in football Vahalla!
I think Woody and God would scare anyone.
Great Coach better person cared about his players and helping people less fortunate
He had a bad habit of getting physical when he was angry, otherwise he was a great man and a great coach. I really like Woody Hayes and he was a great man. Listen to him speaking to his players about the word apathy. People don’t talk like this anymore. The physical stuff never bothered me but I come from a different generation. I’ve been smacked for being stupid and it never felt like abuse.
A great leader!
I am not an Ohio st fan....but it has been 45 years and I still think Woodys 1973 team was the best team I have ever seen in the Big Ten! Michigans 1997 team and 1994 Penn st were pretty close too.
I think Woody's Buckeyes were college football's best squad in 1973. Other than a 10-10 tie at Michigan they demolished everyone else. Following Ohio State's 42-21 thrashing of USC in the 1974 Rose Bowl Trojan Head Coach John McKay agreed as well. Notre Dame was the consensus champion that year but McKay told the media afterward, "We've played them both and Ohio State is better." Had there been a college football playoff system in effect I have no doubt that the '73 Buckeyes would have beaten any U.S. college team that stood in their way.
I'm a Penn State grad and I would probably have to agree that 1973 Buckeyes team was the best Big Ten squad of all time --- now I certainly have a good case to make for my '94 Nittany Lions but they didnt have a defense that really scared anyone like the Buckeyes did --- you mofo's registered four shutouts in '73 and also had four other wins where you kept the opposition to 7 points or less! That is impressive as hell. Your '73 team was just insanely stacked on both sides of the ball, and I'd probably rank them the greatest college football team of all time if it wasn't for that tie vs. Michigan, so therefore the '95 Cornhuskers still holds that title.
1973 Ohio st. no longer holds that spot. This 2023 Michigan team is without a doubt the best team I have ever seen in the BIG conference going back some 51 years. 11 of 15 wins by 20 points or more......nation's top ranked defense.....beating the SEC champion and the PAC 12 champion in the playoffs! First national champion in 22 years to have the lead at halftime of every game they played. Harbaugh really built a monster.....at times that team looked like a Pro team playing college boys!
"The older I get the less I care about what THEY say" - truth!
Greatest coach of all time.
Greatest big ten coach;;;
Woody went on to go by the name of Matt Foley and lived in a van down by the river.
Granted I'm not OSU fan. But Woody Hayes have allot respect for him just as The General Robert Montgomery Night.
I Love Woody!
Reminds me of the 1968 game between OSU & Michigan.
With 1:23 to go in the 4th qtr, the Buckeyes scored a TD.
But! instead of kicking the PAT, the Buckeyes attempted a two-point PAT, which failed.
After the game, a reported asked Coach Woody Hayes ... "Why did you go for two so late in this lopsided game?"
Woody responded...
"Because they wouldn't let me go for three!"
I like this guy. He seems very tough but also very fair.
fair but honest
Chris Farley inspiration for the speech pattern of Matt Foley (according to Ed O’Neill).
Woody Hayes is the greatest college football coach, ever.
Would have been a great WWII general. Reminds me of George Patton. Passion and fire.
Woody was in the Navy during WW2. He was in command of a Destroyer Escort.
I cannot see Woody Hayes humiliating a soldier or a sailor with PTSD. During the turbulent Vietnam War years he allowed his players to have very long hair out of the helmet, as well as the nation's most luxuriant Afros. Woody was a complex person, and predominantly an educator. His hero was his father, superintendent of a school system. Did he enjoy military science and history? Yes, but he wanted good players even if radical.
@@ARIZJOE Woody was a liberal Conservative it seems. He loved Nixon, but respected anti-war demonstrators who were peaceful. I guess that is one of the main reasons OSU had little violence in the 1960s-70s.
Woody was a championship rose grower also. Go bucks ....
Miss him !!!!!!!
2:58, Woody Hayes' philosophy of life.
Right on, and likewise for The Bear. From a tOSU man. Woody's old house is a few miles from mine. Right down in the heart of Columbus. Player would drop by all the time to speak with coach, get a meal from the Mrs, etc.
@deakybb It was part of a BBC Series called "Americans" which profiled prominent Americans from different fields. This one became the most famous for obvious reasons.
Actually, the ratings at the time indicated that the Rex Humbard episode garnered as many viewers as the Woody Hayes one.
a good man..
Great man
Woody Hayes,was one of the last of the bigger then life coaches,not just in football,but in all of sports.
One of those very few coaches,that while winning big,because of their personality,became as big of a story,as the games they coached every weekend.
Woody was Woody,he truly didn't care about,what anyone else thought.
And that increased with age.
He had many flaws,including his hatred of losing to such an extent,it made worse by aging which effects us all,eventually drove him over the edge,and led to his downfall.
But he truly cared about those players.
They weren't just a meal ticket for him,as so many are today,for the top coaches.
He truly wanted to keep these players out of trouble,to help them grow and have successful lives,out of football as well,whenever that time came.
He unlike the top coaches today,held himself to those same standards,starting with money.
Unlike those on top today,he like the few of his kind,forever gone,put the school,the athletes,the fan ahead of the almighty dollar.
His loyalty could not be bought by the dollar bill.
Yes he was conservative,a capitalist.
But a capitalist that never forgot,that capitalism must work for people,not the other way around.
And a man that could use capitalism to help him,others but sell his soul to gain from it.
And for those reasons,and many more,to much to recite here,
Woody Hayes,will forever be remembered as one of the greats,and will be so honored,forever,no matter where ones political views may normally reside.
Great man!
man, coach Hayes was such a bad ass, there's so many rules today that wouldnt allow woody to do that kind of stuff. If we had coach hayes today, we'll never lose!! haha
WOW, AMAZING
He called out the liberals
He was for anything that the liberals were against, including winning.
+Richard McGrath FYI: While Woody leaned conservative, he supported several Democratic candidates. He was honest, fair, and supported good people. He was one of the few in the Ohio State administration who was friendly to me.
You're an idiot
Roky Erickson you're an idiot.
Richard McGrath because he cared about results and true companionship and love rather than the appearance of having it.
guy was a little nuts, but I'd play for him because you can tell he really cares about his players' well being throughout life, not just throughout their college football career.
I Miss Coach Hayes He Was Real.
Great Coach who took winning as everything. He wouldn't be able to get away with a lot of the stuff he did back then, today. In the end on national TV it caught up with him.
The Greatest football coach of all time.
Woody is a great educator. More people need to teach like him. Teach the man and make him a man and treat him like a man.
In my opinion, Woody Hayes has to be the most humble generous and intelligent football coach in college football history.
this was chris farley motivation for the skit
I hope and pray Woody made it to heaven, as I would consider it my life destiny to bow in his essence in blissful eternity with God!!!!!
I once told Woody that if I made it to heaven and Woody wasn't there, I would demand a transfer. True story.
Also teaching kids the importance of Education
Nice video
My hero woody hayes
The joint thing is the best
amazing video. incredibly misunderstood man....
Woody was greatness, but also a dunce at the same time. He was the reason the Super Sophomores didn't win 3 titles, but at the same time he was the reason they were even there.
who is the guy with the British accent? RIP Woody.I went to OHIO STATE because of you.
At 3:56 "Money would spoil me", I wish more coaches in this world would listen to that. College coaches today get paid millions, much more than Woody earned. I often wonder if colleges and universities would pay coaches less then they would more able to use that money for financial aid and scholarships instead, therefore making colleges more affordable. This is one the many traits that I admire about Woody Hayes.
Not me and i saw it as matter of fact whenever i see a documentary on him or ohio State football i always have to think for 5-10 minutes "whatever happened to him" Woody Hayes IS Ohio State football.
Woody lived in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!
Awesome stuff................ I want that blocking dummy
LMAO! Yes, the other one is Bobby Knight, and I already said that.
He was a good man. Respect! Go blue
Forgot to use the word very good man : greatest big ten 🏈 coach ever
“Them” were the educators on campus who he derided. Many of us baby boomers or early Gen Xers know their HS football coaches were much the same growing up. They felt they were “rescuing” us from all the disorder and effeminacy creeping in. But while other coaches in other sports taught other subjects in school from vocational, to math, and history, the football coaches were gym teachers more likely. It was closer to their fiefdom.
And rightfully so. Colleges is were all the anit-American sentiment and wokeness originated from. A cesspool created by the Left. Kudos to Woody.
Woody actually came from a family that stressed education...He actually did care if his players got an education and graduated and they did...I'd love to see the #s...Say what u will about those tyrant coaches, particularly Woody and Bobby Knight ...They stressed going to class and getting an education and did NOT tolerate any of their kids skipping or being disrespectful in class, they would have their asses running for days...They actually cared if these kids got their degrees...Not excusing any of their boorish behavior and frankly I hate OSU and IU but these guys walked the walk and when 95% of the other coaches could give 2 shits if they get their degrees, so long as they scored td(s) and hit jumpers, these tyrants genuinely cared so it is what it is....
Bear Bryant and woody Hayes are from the old school.