Thursday, June 26, 2025

Question: Who are the five Hall of Fame college football coaches who either played for or coached under Woody Hayes?

Answer: Bo Schembechler (Michigan), Ara Parseghian (Notre Dame), Lou Holtz (Notre Dame), Doyt Perry (Bowling Green), and Earle Bruce (Ohio State).

Parseghian and Schembechler played for Hayes at Miami (Ohio), with Parseghian succeeding him as head coach. Schembechler later worked for Hayes at Ohio State before eventually becoming the head coach at Michigan.

Bruce was an assistant at Ohio State and succeeded Hayes as head coach. Holtz and Perry also served as assistant coaches in Columbus during Hayes’ tenure.