Frank Broyles

Frank Broyles was born on December 26, 1924 in Decatur, Georgia.  After receiving his degree in Industrial Management at Georgia Tech, Georgia, in 1947, Broyles entered the coaching profession.

Broyles was a quarterback at Georgia Tech from 1944 through 1946 and also lettered in baseball and basketball.

He worked as an assistant coach at several colleges before becoming head coach at the University of Missouri in 1957.

He had a 5-4-1 record in his one season at Missouri and then went on to the University of Arkansas, where he rebuilt a struggling program.  His 1964 team won all 11 of its regular season games, was voted national champion by the Football Writers Association of America, and beat Nebraska 10-7 in the Cotton Bowl. Broyles shared the American Football Coaches Association coach of the year award with Ara Parseghian of Notre Dame that year.

In 19 seasons at Arkansas, Broyles won 144 games, lost 58, and tied 5. His teams won 7 Southwest Conference championships and played in 10 bowl games. He retired from coaching after the 1976 season, but remained at Arkansas as athletic director.

He served as an assistant coach at Baylor University, Texas, Florida University, Florida, and Georgia Tech, Georgia, and as head coach at University of Missouri, Missouri, before coming to Arkansas in 1958. Broyles coached the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, football team Razorbacks for 19 years.

He became the University of Arkansas’s director of athletics in July 1973.