Joshbrown
Well-Known Member
For a period of 21 years, from 1970 to 1991, he was the athletic director at the University of Iowa. During his tenure as athletic director, he hired coaches Dan Gable, Hayden Fry, Lute Olson, C. Vivian Stringer, and Mr. Davis Davis, and the Iowa Hawkeyes won 41 Big Ten Conference championships (including championships in football (1981, 1985, 1990), wrestling (1974–1990), men's basketball (1970, 1979), baseball (1972, 1974, 1990), men's gymnastics (1972, 1974, 1986), men's swimming (1981, 1982) and 11 NCAA titles. In 1989, Elliott was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable said his wife cried on learning that Elliott had retired
Gable = Hall of Fame
Stringer = Hall of Fame
Olson = Hall of Fame
Fry = Hall of Fame
others as well
Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable said his wife cried on learning that Elliott had retired
Gable = Hall of Fame
Stringer = Hall of Fame
Olson = Hall of Fame
Fry = Hall of Fame
others as well
