Darrell Mudra

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| image = Darrell Mudra.jpg

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| caption = Mudra in 1974

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|1|4}}

| birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|9|21|1929|1|14}}

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| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1947–1950

| player_team2 = Peru State

| player_positions = Fullback

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1953

| coach_team2 = Ashland HS (NE)

| coach_years3 = 1954–1956

| coach_team3 = Tekamah HS (NE)

| coach_years4 = 1957

| coach_team4 = Huron (backs)

| coach_years5 = 1958

| coach_team5 = Colorado State College (backs)

| coach_years6 = 1959–1962

| coach_team6 = Adams State

| coach_years7 = 1963–1965

| coach_team7 = North Dakota State

| coach_years8 = 1966

| coach_team8 = Montreal Alouettes

| coach_years9 = 1967–1968

| coach_team9 = Arizona

| coach_years10 = 1969–1973

| coach_team10 = Western Illinois

| coach_years11 = 1974–1975

| coach_team11 = Florida State

| coach_years12 = 1978–1982

| coach_team12 = Eastern Illinois

| coach_years13 = 1983–1987

| coach_team13 = Northern Iowa

| coach_sport14 = Basketball

| coach_years15 = 1952–1953

| coach_team15 = Omaha (assistant)

| coach_years16 = 1957–1958

| coach_team16 = Huron

| admin_years1 = 1963–1966

| admin_team1 = North Dakota State

| overall_record = 200–81–4 (college football)
7–7 (CFL)

| bowl_record = 3–1

| tournament_record = Football
5–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
4–3 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)

| championships = Football
1 NCAA College Division (1965)
1 NCAA Division II (1978)
3 RMAC (1960–1962)
2 NCC (1964–1965)
1 IIAC (1969)
4 AMCU (1980–1982, 1984)
2 Gateway Collegiate (1985, 1987)

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Darrell E. Mudra Sr. (January 4, 1929 – September 21, 2022), nicknamed "Dr. Victory", was an 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. Mudra 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.

Early life and career

Mudra was born on January 4, 1929. He had six siblings and was raised in Omaha, Nebraska. Mudra graduated from Omaha South High School in 1946.{{cite web |date=December 7, 1951 |title=7 Dec 1951, 3 |newspaper=The South High Tooter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/864521196/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20%22south%20high%22&match=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922151609/https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/864521196/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20%22south%20high%22&match=1 |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} He earned two letters in football and basketball apiece. He attended Peru State College and played as a fullback on their football team. He earned letters in all four years at Peru State and was named All-Conference in his junior and senior years.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/739653390/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20%22peru%20state%22&match=1 |title=12 Mar 1953, 16 |newspaper= The South Omaha Sun|via=Newspapers.com |date=March 12, 1953 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} He graduated from Peru State in 1951.Darrell Mudra, Peru State Bobcats Hall of Fame Website Listing http://pscbobcats.com/hof.aspx?hof=37&path=&kiosk= {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416203323/http://pscbobcats.com/hof.aspx?hof=37&path=&kiosk= |date=April 16, 2016 }}"The Peruvian" Nebraska State Teachers College Yearbook from 1951 https://issuu.com/psclibrary/docs/1951 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922151610/https://issuu.com/psclibrary/docs/1951 |date=September 22, 2022 }} page 38

Coaching career

=1951–1965=

In 1951, Mudra coached in Pop Warner football, leading his team to the national championship game.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/864521196/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22&match=1 |title=7 Dec 1951, 3 |newspaper= The South High Tooter|via=Newspapers.com |date=December 7, 1951 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} Mudra was hired as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Omaha—now known as the University of Nebraska Omaha—in 1952, where he was also pursuing a master's degree in English.{{Cite news |last= |date=October 31, 1952 |title=Former Peru Athlete Gets Omaha U. Post |page=11 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |agency=Associated Press |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36631513/lincoln_journal_star/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002163343/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36631513/lincoln_journal_star/ |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}}}} He was hired as the head basketball coach and assistant football coach for Ashland High School in Ashland, Nebraska, in 1953.{{cite web |date=May 28, 1953 |title=28 May 1953, 12 |newspaper= The South Omaha Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/739653999/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20ashland&match=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922151609/https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/739653999/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20ashland&match=1 |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} He was hired to coach for Tekamah High School in Tekamah, Nebraska, in 1954.{{cite web |date=April 22, 1954 |title=22 Apr 1954, 1 |newspaper= Burt County Plaindealer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/772353665/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20tekamah&match=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922151611/https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/772353665/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20tekamah&match=1 |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} His basketball teams at Tekemah won two conference championships. Mudra was hired as an assistant football coach at Huron University in 1957. He resigned from Huron in May 1958 to accept a fellowship for the Doctor of Education in physical education at Colorado State College and also serve as an assistant coach on their football team.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79673714/mudra-resigns-at-huron-daily-plainsman/ | title=Mudra resigns at Huron | Daily Plainsman (Huron, S.D.) 5.15.58 Pg. 9 | newspaper=The Daily Plainsman | date=May 15, 1958 | page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Mudra served as the head football coach at Adams State College from 1959 to 1962. He had a {{winning percentage|32|4|1|record=y}} record for the Adams State Indians football team and won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship in three consecutive years from 1960 to 1962. In 1962, Adams State defeated Northern Illinois University in the Mineral Water Bowl.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/93690139/?terms=%22adams%20state%22%22%20%22mineral%20water%22&match=1 |title=27 Nov 1962, Page 3 |newspaper= Lead Daily Call|via=Newspapers.com |date=November 27, 1962 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} Mudra was hired to coach at the North Dakota State University in 1963. The North Dakota State Bison had a 0–10 record in 1962. Under Mudra's coaching, they finished with a 3–5 record in 1963 and a 10–1 record in 1964. winning the North Central Conference championship. North Dakota State was invited to the Mineral Water Bowl, where they defeated Western State College of Colorado.{{cite web|url=https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/darrell-mudra-who-coached-ndsus-first-national-title-team-dies-at-93|title=UPDATED: Darrell Mudra, who coached NDSU's first national title team, dies at 93|date=September 22, 2022|website=InForum}} The team went 11–0 in 1965, again winning the conference championship, the Pecan Bowl against Grambling State University,{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/79021561/?terms=%22north%20dakota%20State%22%20%22pecan%20bowl%22&match=1 |title=12 Dec 1965, Page 21 |newspaper= Nevada State Journal|via=Newspapers.com |date=December 12, 1965 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} and the school's first national championship.{{cite web |date=September 16, 2022 |title=Kolpack: Tucson has changed since the days of Darrell Mudra |url=https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/kolpack-tucson-has-changed-since-the-days-of-darrell-mudra |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916231428/https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/kolpack-tucson-has-changed-since-the-days-of-darrell-mudra |archive-date=September 16, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |website=InForum}} He earned his Doctor of Education from Colorado State College in 1964.{{cite web |date=November 3, 1968 |title=Archived copy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/570582212/?terms=%22darrell+mudra%22+%22doctorate%22&match=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922151611/https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/570582212/?terms=%22darrell+mudra%22+%22doctorate%22&match=1 |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=September 22, 2022 |page=35 |via=Newspapers.com |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review}}

=1966–1976=

In 1966, Mudra signed a three-year contract to coach the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/582623967/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20alouettes&match=1 |title=23 Dec 1966, 23 |newspaper= Tucson Citizen|via=Newspapers.com |date=December 23, 1966 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} They had a 7–7 record in the 1966 CFL season, the team's best finish since 1956.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/421268329/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20alouettes&match=1 |title=23 Dec 1966, 24 |newspaper= The Gazette|via=Newspapers.com |date=December 23, 1966 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} The Alouettes made the CFL postseason, but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the conference semi-finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/741184301/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20hamilton%20alouettes&match=1 |title=8 Nov 1966, 19 |newspaper= The Montreal Star|via=Newspapers.com |date=November 8, 1966 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} After one year, Mudra resigned from Montreal to accept the head coaching position for the University of Arizona.{{Cite news |date=December 23, 1966 |title=Mudra To Coach Arizona's Eleven; Quits Alouettes to Accept One-Year Contract |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/12/23/archives/mudra-to-coach-arizonas-eleven-quits-alouettes-to-accept-oneyear.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922151611/https://www.nytimes.com/1966/12/23/archives/mudra-to-coach-arizonas-eleven-quits-alouettes-to-accept-oneyear.html |archive-date=September 22, 2022}} The Arizona Wildcats had 3–7 records in the previous two seasons. In Mudra's first year, Arizona went 3–6–1 in 1967. They went 8–1 in 1968, and were invited to the 1968 Sun Bowl, which Arizona lost to the Auburn Tigers. Mudra left Arizona in 1969 for Western Illinois University. The Western Illinois Leathernecks football team had a 2–7–1 record in their previous season.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/157103924/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20%22western%20illinois%22&match=1 |title=5 Mar 1969, Page 19 |newspaper= Albuquerque Journal|via=Newspapers.com |date=March 5, 1969 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} In five seasons from 1969 to 1973, Mudra's Leathernecks had a {{winning percentage|39|13|record=y}} record. The Leathernecks won the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship in the 1969 season, and appeared in the 1973 NCAA Division II quarterfinals.

Mudra was hired by Florida State University to coach the Florida State Seminoles football team in January 1974.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/245200139/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20%22larry%20jones%22&match=1 |title=13 Jan 1974, Page 37|work=Tallahassee Democrat|via=Newspapers.com |date=1974-01-13 |accessdate=2022-09-30}} The Seminoles finished the 1973 season 0–11 and coach Larry Jones resigned in disgrace with the NCAA putting Florida State on probation for one year.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/334023342 |title=The Tampa Tribune 27 Aug 1974, page 26 |via=Newspapers.com |date=August 27, 1974 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} Mudra had a {{winning percentage|4|18|record=y}} record in the 1974 and 1975 seasons, and was fired and replaced by Bobby Bowden.{{cite web |date=November 5, 2019 |title=State Of Football: Two & Thru at FSU? It's happened before |url=https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/sports/2019/11/05/state-of-football-two-thru-at-fsu-its-happened-before/2365150007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922151811/https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/sports/2019/11/05/state-of-football-two-thru-at-fsu-its-happened-before/2365150007/ |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |publisher=News-journalonline.com}} He said that he did not know why he was fired.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80111042/mudra-talks-fsu-eiu-dm-register-1124/ |title=Mudra talks FSU EIU | |work=Des Moines Register |date=November 24, 1985 |page=3D |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} Mudra took two years off from college coaching to coach youth football for 12-year-olds.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/233142580/ |title=5 Dec 1978, Page 57 |work=Fort Lauderdale News|via=Newspapers.com |date=December 5, 1978 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}}

=1977–1993=

Mudra next coached the Eastern Illinois Panthers at Eastern Illinois University. By the time he was hired in 1977, Mudra earned the nickname "Dr. Victory", owing to his ability to inherit struggling programs and turn them into winners.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/386533175/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22%20%22dr%20victory%22&match=1 |title=6 Dec 1977, 50 |newspaper= Chicago Tribune|via=Newspapers.com |date=December 6, 1977 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78932804/mudra-eiu-decatur-reviw-9378/ |title=Mudra EIU | |publisher=Decatur Sunday Herald and Review |date=9 September 1978 |accessdate=2022-10-12}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111152475/dr-victory-gets-uni-job/ |title=Dr. Victory gets UNI job |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1982-12-22 |accessdate=2022-10-12}} Eastern Illinois had a 1–10 season in 1977, before Mudra's hiring. Mudra's 1978 Eastern Illinois team went 12–2 and won the NCAA Division II Championship. Eastern Illinois won the Association of Mid-Continent Universities conference in the 1980, 1981, and 1982 seasons.

Seeking to turn around another struggling program, Mudra resigned from Eastern Illinois in December 1982 to accept the head coaching position with the University of Northern Iowa, after they finished their previous season with a 4–6–1 record.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/77440761/?terms=%22darrell%20mudra%22&match=1 |title=22 Dec 1982, Page 9 |newspaper= Herald and Review|via=Newspapers.com |date=December 22, 1982 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}} The Northern Iowa Panthers won the Gateway Football Conference in the 1985 and 1987 seasons. Twice, he led the Panthers to the NCAA Division I-AA semifinals. In 1993, Mudra came out of retirement to coach a football team based in Florence, Italy.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80357032/mudra-italy-journal-gazette-mattoon/ |title=Mudra Italy |newspaper= Journal Gazette |via=Newspapers.com |date=June 27, 2021 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}}

Mudra compiled a career college football record of {{winning percentage|200|81|4|record=y}}. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2000.{{cite web |date=June 23, 2015 |title=Henry Blog: Former FSU football coach Mudra, 86, still active |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/football/2015/06/23/henry-blog-former-fsu-football-coach-mudra-still-active/29170095/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514072835/https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/football/2015/06/23/henry-blog-former-fsu-football-coach-mudra-still-active/29170095/ |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |publisher=Tallahassee.com}}

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.{{cite news |last=Lyon |first=Bill |title= Darrell Mudra; Seminole's long-distance coach runs game from press box |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19741124&id=jx5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8owDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6977,3389157 |newspaper=Boca Raton News |location=Boca Raton, Florida |date=November 24, 1974 |page=2D |via=Google News |access-date=September 22, 2022 }}

Personal life

Mudra and his wife, Jean, retired to Crawfordville, Florida. They had four children.{{cite web|url=https://www.tallahassee.com/obituaries/tad067445 |title=Darrell E. Mudra, Sr. Obituary |newspaper=Tallahassee Democrat |publisher=Tallahassee.com |date=January 4, 1929 |accessdate=September 23, 2022}}

Mudra died on September 21, 2022, at age 93.{{cite web |title=Hall Of Fame Coach Darrell Mudra Passes Away |url=https://eiupanthers.com/news/2022/9/21/general-hall-of-fame-coach-darrell-mudra-passes-away.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922151612/https://eiupanthers.com/news/2022/9/21/general-hall-of-fame-coach-darrell-mudra-passes-away.aspx |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022 |website=Eastern Illinois University Athletics}}

Head coaching record

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| overall = 3–6–1

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| name = Florida State Seminoles

| conf = NCAA Division I independent

| startyear = 1974

| endyear = 1975

}}

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| year = 1974

| name = Florida State

| overall = 1–10

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1975

| name = Florida State

| overall = 3–8

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Florida State

| overall = 4–18

| confrecord =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Eastern Illinois Panthers

| conf = Association of Mid-Continent Universities

| startyear = 1978

| endyear = 1982

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| year = 1978

| name = Eastern Illinois

| overall = 12–2

| conference = 3–2

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname = NCAA Division II Championship

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1979

| name = Eastern Illinois

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 1–3

| confstanding = T–4th

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1980

| name = Eastern Illinois

| overall = 11–3

| conference = 4–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname = NCAA Division II Championship

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1981

| name = Eastern Illinois

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 2–1

| confstanding = T–1st

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1982

| name = Eastern Illinois

| overall = 11–1–1

| conference = 2–0–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Eastern Illinois

| overall = 47–15–1

| confrecord = 12–6–1

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Northern Iowa Panthers

| conf = Association of Mid-Continent Universities

| startyear = 1983

| endyear = 1984

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1983

| name = Northern Iowa

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 1–2

| confstanding = 3rd

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1984

| name = Northern Iowa

| overall = 9–2

| conference = 2–1

| confstanding = T–1st

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Northern Iowa Panthers

| conf = Gateway Football Conference

| startyear = 1985

| endyear = 1987

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1985

| name = Northern Iowa

| overall = 11–2

| conference = 5–0

| confstanding = 1st{{cite web |author= |title=Missouri Valley Football Conference Records |url=http://www.mvc.org/football/records.pdf |publisher=Missouri Valley Football Conference |page=25 |access-date=September 30, 2022 }}

| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

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| ranking2 =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1986

| name = Northern Iowa

| overall = 7–3–1

| conference = 4–2