I’m a Clemson fan, but man do I have a lot of respect for this coach. He was an amazing mentor. Forget the times he hit people like the punch. If you look at what he did and how much of an amazing coach he was to the players for not only football, but also as a life coach. Woody Hayes will be remembered in college football history forever.

I was sitting in that classroom as a freshman during the BBC's documentary on Coach Hayes, August of 1977. His words and philosophy still ring true today!

i truly miss this man the greatest coach ohio state ever had

IT is a shame woody will be remembered, by the vast majority, as the psycho who punched the clemson player. It is a shame because he was, for the most part, an educator, great coach, mentor, and good person.

People who badmouth Woody never met him. I knew him since I was a small child. He was a wonderful man.

what a gift to ohio st. football. the best ever.

Woody Hayes always told me everytime i saw him to come to Ohio State .. he was a legend... tough and hard nosed coach but he had a very kind heart who loved his family , friends, Ohio State and of his players

i'm a lifelong alabama fan and i met bear bryant when i was young,but the more i know about coach hayes i think he is one of the best coaches ever,.and it's a shame we don't have more like him today.i know coach bryant talk well of woody and said that he was the hardest worker of any of the older coaches(including himself).

What most folks don't know, is that Woody also an educator. He taught military history at OSU and English and Math for players on the team.

One of the best coaches of all time go bucks

I knew Woody fairly well. In an interview he gave a few months before he died, Bob Greene asked him about the quote "Winning is everything". He replied, "No, the most important thing is not to win, the most important thing is to always hope." RIP old friend.

I'm wolverine fan and even I love woody hayes.him bo,bear,joepa,bowden,coaches and leaders like them are gone in football today.

Woody Hayes was so much more than just a football coach.

USC Trojan fan here. Had many Rose Bowls against the Buckeyes. But I gotta say Woody Hayes is one of the ALL TIME greats. Great respect for him as a coach, and comes across as a good man also. With him as coach no wonder OSU was so tough. A mans man.

Don't care what you think of Woody, that last bit of him teaching in class was great. Could use more professors like that today.

This is how all coaches should be, without a doubt. He made sure his players got an education, but still had the fiery passion to win football games.

It’s great to see fatherly side of one of the Big Ten’s greatest coaches.

"The older I get the less I care about what they say" - Woody Hayes to his haters

I love General Patton you need people like this in todays world.

Coach's philosophy still rings true today. Discipline and teamwork is, and will always be, the foundation of a successful relationship. It is also the calling card of a successful democracy: The needs of the many outweighs the wants of the few.

What a great look at Woody. Go Bucks!

I love mean coaches Lombardi,Knight,and Hayes.Thats how you get better in life.

Yes, I love it that he has called out liberals. The people who are calling Hayes an asshole has never led, or have been in charge.

One of the greatest coaches of all time! Hayes won Six national championships (1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970), & 1973 captured 13 Big Ten Conference titles, and amassed a record of 205-61-10. Over the last decade of his coaching tenure at Ohio State, Hayes's is just one of the Buckeyes Hall of Fame Coach's! Do not hate the coach hate the game Hooah!

There are so many OSU haters that have the blinders on when it comes to this man.Im not a bama,sooner,nittany lion,etc.But I know for a damn fact Woody was one of the greatest coaches the sport will ever see.Right along with Bear,joepa,Bo,Switzer etc.

WOULD TO GOD THAT WE HAD FOOTBALL COACHES LIKE WOODY HAYES WHO TEACH GRAMMAR TO COLLEGE STUDENTS, FOR GOD'S SAKE. SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT I'D TAKE WOODY HAYES OVER 20 MIDERN DAY COACHES. HAD I THE TALENT, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN AN ASSKICKING AND A CUSSING FROM THIS MAN. RIP, WOODY HAYES.

i'm a big alabama fan but i've always liked woody hayes and i know that coach bryant had alot of respect for him and said so in his book.

Woody Hayes , motivational speaker!

Tough love. Woody coached hard and was demanding because he cared. He wanted his guys to not just succeed in football, but in life.

Very involved with local charities. Went to Vietnam to inspire the soldiers.

Woody was a humanitarian who loved and cared about people, and that's what was the foundation for everything.

Woody Hayes was a great man

Woody MUST be laughing over last night's defeat of Oregon.....GO BUCKS! Woody cared for his players, and Urban cares for his. That makes a winning coach.

All day long. I say again, all day long. I could listen to Coach Hayes..... All Day Long.

Wow! I only knew Woody Hayes from his on-camera outbursts. I didn't realize how devoted he was to educating his players. He also has great rapport with his players, which you wouldn't guess given his reputation after his firing. Thanks for posting.

I am not an Ohio st fan....but it has been 45 years and I still think Woodys 1973 team was the best team I have ever seen in the Big Ten! Michigans 1997 team and 1994 Penn st were pretty close too.

He had a bad habit of getting physical when he was angry, otherwise he was a great man and a great coach. I really like Woody Hayes and he was a great man. Listen to him speaking to his players about the word apathy. People don’t talk like this anymore. The physical stuff never bothered me but I come from a different generation. I’ve been smacked for being stupid and it never felt like abuse.

I love Coach Hayes

Would have been a great WWII general. Reminds me of George Patton. Passion and fire.

what a great man

2:58, Woody Hayes' philosophy of life.

A great leader!

The first newspaper editor I worked for was a close friend of Woody Hayes, and Hayes hired him as the cook for the team on road trips, including four consecutive trips to the Rose Bowl. My editor lauded Woody Hayes to me. I had mixed feelings about the coach. Still do. Hayes' devotion to education and lack of concern with salary were remarkable. And he expressed passionate and informed opinions about seemingly everything BUT football when he recruited kids. The downside was, his childish failure to lose gracefully. He sometimes wasn't charitable in victory either, though he says his words were misconstrued. Overall, I find him the most interesting college sports coach, but he needed to grow up at moments.

Great job Coach Hayes your Philosophy is what the Country needs now! October 22,2020☠☠☠☠

GOOD OLE WOODY...I LOVE THIS DUDE

Granted I'm not OSU fan. But Woody Hayes have allot respect for him just as The General Robert Montgomery Night.

The BEST.

Woody Hayes is the greatest college football coach, ever.

He called out the liberals

I was 11 years old when Hayes was prominent in the 1970's. I remember he wasn't well liked by the news media, but I have to honestly say, that, I would have loved to be a player on his team and to taught the good moral things he taught in class!

Greatest coach of all time.

He really cared.....great coach!!

This man inspires me!

I Love Woody!

what a great coach he was ppl!!!

"Come on have a joint with me" lmaoo im literally watching this because i was looking up stuff on the woody haze strain and never really knew exactly what this guy was other than a football coach for ohio state (only because im from Columbus). But either way i dont know if its just called woody haze or just haze but still kinda funny to me.

a good man..

This is an excerpt from “The Americans,” a BBC series (and hence the interviewer’s British accent) about American public figures of the 1970s. Having known Woody Hayes personally when I was an OSU grad student (but having no connection with the football program), I was pleasantly surprised to find that in addition to his expertise in military history, he was a recognized scholar of the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Greatest Ohio st football coach ever!

As much as I admired and respected Woody Hayes after getting to know him through luncheons in which we talked about his other passion, Ralph Waldo Emerson (he was nationally recognized Emerson scholar), and whatever comparisons are drawn between his record and those of his successors, the one man who made Ohio State the football power of the Midwest was not a coach but a player who, from 1916-1920, played every position on offense and defense and drew such crowds that the OSU stadium had to be built. His name was Charles “Chic” Harley, and for decades the stadium was known as “The House That Harley Built.”

guy was a little nuts, but I'd play for him because you can tell he really cares about his players' well being throughout life, not just throughout their college football career.

Woody went on to go by the name of Matt Foley and lived in a van down by the river.

I like this guy. He seems very tough but also very fair.

The Greatest football coach of all time.

I hope and pray Woody made it to heaven, as I would consider it my life destiny to bow in his essence in blissful eternity with God!!!!!

Great man!

man, coach Hayes was such a bad ass, there's so many rules today that wouldnt allow woody to do that kind of stuff. If we had coach hayes today, we'll never lose!! haha

Reminds me of the 1968 game between OSU & Michigan. With 1:23 to go in the 4th qtr, the Buckeyes scored a TD. But! instead of kicking the PAT, the Buckeyes attempted a two-point PAT, which failed. After the game, a reported asked Coach Woody Hayes ... "Why did you go for two so late in this lopsided game?" Woody responded... "Because they wouldn't let me go for three!"

I stumbled across this as a Michigan state fan going down the rabbit hole of watching U of M getting humiliated and well it was a pleasant and intriguing gem of wisdom here.

Great man

I Miss Coach Hayes He Was Real.

WOW, AMAZING

Great Coach better person cared about his players and helping people less fortunate

Right on, and likewise for The Bear. From a tOSU man. Woody's old house is a few miles from mine. Right down in the heart of Columbus. Player would drop by all the time to speak with coach, get a meal from the Mrs, etc.

Miss him !!!!!!!

LMAO! Yes, the other one is Bobby Knight, and I already said that.

Woody was a championship rose grower also. Go bucks ....

amazing video. incredibly misunderstood man....

Nice video

Great Coach who took winning as everything. He wouldn't be able to get away with a lot of the stuff he did back then, today. In the end on national TV it caught up with him.

Half those guys were high on weed when he made that comment about apathy lol. JK. That was funny tho. Woody was a very intelligent man.

Will the battle cry for the upcoming Orange Bowl against Clemson be "AVENGE WOODY!!!" ? LOL

@deakybb It was part of a BBC Series called "Americans" which profiled prominent Americans from different fields. This one became the most famous for obvious reasons.

He was a good man. Respect! Go blue

Also teaching kids the importance of Education

At 3:56 "Money would spoil me", I wish more coaches in this world would listen to that. College coaches today get paid millions, much more than Woody earned. I often wonder if colleges and universities would pay coaches less then they would more able to use that money for financial aid and scholarships instead, therefore making colleges more affordable. This is one the many traits that I admire about Woody Hayes.

Woody Hayes,was one of the last of the bigger then life coaches,not just in football,but in all of sports. One of those very few coaches,that while winning big,because of their personality,became as big of a story,as the games they coached every weekend. Woody was Woody,he truly didn't care about,what anyone else thought. And that increased with age. He had many flaws,including his hatred of losing to such an extent,it made worse by aging which effects us all,eventually drove him over the edge,and led to his downfall. But he truly cared about those players. They weren't just a meal ticket for him,as so many are today,for the top coaches. He truly wanted to keep these players out of trouble,to help them grow and have successful lives,out of football as well,whenever that time came. He unlike the top coaches today,held himself to those same standards,starting with money. Unlike those on top today,he like the few of his kind,forever gone,put the school,the athletes,the fan ahead of the almighty dollar. His loyalty could not be bought by the dollar bill. Yes he was conservative,a capitalist. But a capitalist that never forgot,that capitalism must work for people,not the other way around. And a man that could use capitalism to help him,others but sell his soul to gain from it. And for those reasons,and many more,to much to recite here, Woody Hayes,will forever be remembered as one of the greats,and will be so honored,forever,no matter where ones political views may normally reside.

A rarity now days a college head coach that still believed in actually teaching and worry about the kids education first and foremost

In my opinion, Woody Hayes has to be the most humble generous and intelligent football coach in college football history.

Chris Farley inspiration for the speech pattern of Matt Foley (according to Ed O’Neill).

Woody lived in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

My hero woody hayes

The joint thing is the best

Anyone know who hayes is yelling at in practice it's an olineman trying to figure out who or what year.

Those kids have no idea how lucky they are to be sitting in the same room with that man

"Well i'll be a god damn son of a bitch" That butt slap at 1:22 will you get fired and brought up on charges now a days.

Need coaches like this now, modern coaches accept mistakes

Respect Woody for saying money is evil.

You have more respect for Fakes like Joe Paterno or Tiger Woods? Woody was comfortable in his own skin, wasnt afraid of his flaws, and didnt give a s*** about what the world thought about the "Real" him.

People who claims that Woody was racist never met him or studied his coaching career. He brought the black players to OSU way before other coaches. If you could play with everything you had, were a descent player and tried to get good grades, then you were his type of player.