Evashevski, who led Iowa to Rose Bowl twice, dies at 91
Updated 10/31/2009 7:33 PM ET
IOWA CITY (AP) — Former Iowa football coach Forest Evashevski, who led the Hawkeyes to two Rose Bowls in the 1950s, has died at age 91.
Evashevski's son, Forest Evashevski Jr., said Saturday that his father died Friday night from cancer at his home in Petoskey, Mich. Evashevski said his father's seven children, including five sons and two daughters, and his wife, Ruth, were at his bedside when he died.
Evashevski was hired at Iowa in 1952, seven years after its last winning season. He inherited a program that had languished near the bottom of the Big Ten Conference, but by 1956 the Hawkeyes headed to the Rose Bowl and earned a win against Oregon State.
Two years later, Iowa beat California 38-12 in the Rose Bowl.
Evashevski won 52 games in nine seasons and later served as the school's athletics director. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
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