Coach creator Barry Kemp named Craig T. Nelson's Coach character Hayden Fox in tribute to Fry, who coached the Iowa's football team from 1979 to 1998. Kemp is a University of Iowa alum and many of the exterior shots of the show's "Minnesota State" were actually of his alma mater.
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