Frank Lauterbur Francis X . Lauterbur ( born August 8 , 1925 ) is a former American football player and coach . He served as the head coach at the University of Toledo from 1963 to 1970 and at the University of Iowa from 1971 to 1973 , compiling a career college football record of 52 – 60 – 3 . Lauterbur was earlier an assistant coach in the NFL . Early life and playing career . Lauterbur was born in Cincinnati , Ohio , but when his widowed mother remarried , he moved north to Michigan . He played high school football at University of Detroit Jesuit High School . Lauterbur served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II before going to college . He returned to Ohio and played three years of college football at Mount Union College . Early coaching career . Lauterbur began his coaching career at Wickliffe and Collinwood high schools near Cleveland , Ohio . He spent two years as an assistant coach at Kent State from 1953 – 1954 , followed by two years as an assistant coach with the Baltimore Colts of the NFL . Lauterbur wanted to return to college football , so he left the Colts to take a job as the offensive line coach at Army under Coach Earl " Red " Blaik in 1957 . He spent five years at West Point , including the undefeated 1958 season that featured Heisman Trophy winner Pete Dawkins . He then served as an assistant coach for one season at the University of Pittsburgh in 1962 . Lauterbur was offered his first college head coaching job by the University of Toledo before the 1963 season . He was Toledo ' s head football coach and athletic director for eight years from 1963 – 1970 . Lauterbur struggled his first four seasons at Toledo , compiling an 11 – 27 – 1 record from 1963 – 1966 . But he eventually turned the program around , going 9 – 1 in 1967 and winning the first Mid - American Conference title in school history . He then led Toledo to consecutive undefeated seasons in 1969 and 1970 . Toledo was riding a 23 game winning streak and had won consecutive Tangerine Bowl s at the end of the 1970 season . Lauterbur had led Toledo to a 37 – 5 – 1 record in his final four years , including three conference titles , two bowl victories , and a number 14 ranking in the final AP Poll in 1970 . All these accomplishments caught the eye of Bump Elliott , the athletic director of the University of Iowa . Iowa coaching career . Lauterbur was hired as the 22nd head coach in the history of Iowa football before the 1971 season . He was expected to bring strong defense to Iowa , since his 1970 Toledo team had led the nation in total defense and pass defense and ranked second in the nation in scoring defense . Iowa went just 1 – 10 in Lauterbur ' s first season in 1971 , which was not a big surprise , considering that Iowa had graduated 17 starters off of a team that had won just three games the previous season . In 1972 , Iowa improved to 3 – 7 – 1 and played competitively in most of the losses . Several players were set to return in 1973 , and it looked as though progress was being made . The 1973 season was a disaster . Iowa finished with the worst record in school history . The Hawkeyes lost all 11 games in 1973 to finish the year 0 – 11 . The only other winless season in Iowa history occurred in 1889 , their inaugural campaign , when they lost the only game they scheduled that year . Despite the 0 – 11 record , Lauterbur had two years left on a five - year contract , and Elliott considered retaining him . Iowa fans were unhappy with Lauterbur , obviously , but they were more unhappy with defensive coordinator Ducky Lewis . Lewis ' defensive units , so spectacular at Toledo , were horrible at Iowa . In 1973 , Iowa yielded 401 points on the season , the most in school history . In addition , Lewis was notoriously profane in public , which embarrassed and appalled several fans . That might be tolerated if Iowa was winning , but not at 0 – 11 . Elliott approached Lauterbur about firing Lewis as defensive coordinator . Lauterbur refused , stating that he had to have full control of his staff and that it was his right , not Elliott ' s , to hire and fire assistant coaches . Elliott agreed , but then reminded Lauterbur that it was his right , as athletic director , to hire and fire head football coaches by relieving him of his duties as Iowa head coach . Lauterbur ' s loyalty to his assistant backfired , as now Lauterbur and Lewis were both out of a job . Ron Maly , a reporter for the " Des Moines Register " , wrote , " On the day he was fired , Lauterbur held an umbrella over my head so he could protect the notepad I was using from the rain that was falling near the stadium . He was a good guy , but Iowa clearly was not the right place for him . " Retirement . Frank Lauterbur spent the rest of his career as an NFL assistant . He worked for years as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Rams , coaching in Super Bowl XIV in 1980 . He also coached in the USFL for the Pittsburgh Maulers . After retiring from coaching , Lauterbur worked for a decade with the National Scouting Service . Lauterbur retired in 1993 and lives in Ohio . He has a wife , Mary , as well as four children and two grandchildren .