University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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1924 - 2017 FRANK BROYLES DESIGNER | Madison Landry STORY | Leah Nelson PHOTOS | Morgan Strickland Frank Broyles was the head eoaeli for the Arkansas Razorback football team for 19 years and led them to their first and only National Championship in 19( 4. The Razorbacks were the only team in the country to go 11-0 that season. The Razorbacks had 14 winning seasons during Broyles time as head coach, compared to winning six out of the previous 19 seasons. He later helped the Razorbacks move from the Southwest Conference to the Southeast Conference. Broyles not only helped put the Razorback athletic department on the map, but he also significantly helped the university s academics. He later became the athletic director and helped with academic campaigns. In the university s first major .fundraiser, the( ampaign of Books, he raised $2 million to add 100,000 volumes to university libraries. In •J(X)1, he donated another 9300,000 to the to buy supplies like scanners and planters. Broyles was also credited with helping save Old Main in 1985. The landmark building was closed for live years because of safety concerns and looked li ke it would not recei ve funding to be renovated and reopened. With Broyles help, former Chancellor Dan Ferritor was able to raise enough money for the structural renovations and Old Main was reopened, w here classes and offices still reside today. Following the Razorback men’s basketball team winning the National Championship in 1994, the athletic department was awarded one million dollars. When Broyles told Ferritor about the prize, Ferritor told him the university could use the money in their scholarship fund. Broyles gladly put the money into the fund instead of using it in the athletic department, saying he wanted l of A academics to be respected just like at any other top school. Broyles also encouraged athletic department donors to support the efforts to raise the university ' s academic reputation. Without his help, the university would not have received these donations to make improvements to academics. Through his campaigning, Broyles helped raise over 81 billion for the university, something which would not have been fundraised if he w as not involved, former Vice Chancellor G. David Gearhart said. Through Broyles’ efforts, the University of Arkansas became a premier institution of higher education and athletics. Broyles was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983. He died on Aug. 14, 2017, at the age of 92 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, surrounded by his family in Fayetteville. 1924 Born in Decatur, AR 1958-76 Razorback Football Coach 1977-85 1974-2007 ABC Sports U of A Commentator Athletics Director Quarterback at Georgia Tech 1944-46 Team named National Champions by Football Writers Association of America 1964 Inducted into Football Half of Fame 1983 FRANK BROYLES | 23