Darrell E. Mudra Sr. (January 4, 1929 – September 21, 2022), nicknamed "Dr. Victory", was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Adams State College (1959–1962), North Dakota State University (1963–1965), the University of Arizona (1967–1968), Western Illinois University (1969–1973), Florida State University (1974–1975), Eastern Illinois University (1978–1982), and the University of Northern Iowa (1983–1987), compiling a career college football record of 200–81–4. Mudra was also the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for one season in 1966. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2000. Early life and career Mudra was born on January 4, 1929. He had six siblings and was raised in Omaha, Nebraska. Mudra graduated from Omaha South High School in 1946. He earned two letters in football and basketball apiece. He attended Peru State College and played as a fullback on their football team. He earned letters in all four years at Peru State and was named All-Conference in his junior and senior years. He graduated from Peru State in 1951. Coaching career 1951–1965 In 1951, Mudra coached in Pop Warner football, leading his team to the national championship game. Mudra was hired as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Omaha—now known as the University of Nebraska Omaha—in 1952, where he was also pursuing a master's degree in English. He was hired as the head basketball coach and assistant football coach for Ashland High School in Ashland, Nebraska, in 1953. He was hired to coach for Tekamah High School in Tekamah, Nebraska, in 1954. His basketball teams at Tekemah won two conference championships. Mudra was hired as an assistant football coach at Huron University in 1957. He resigned from Huron in May 1958 to accept a fellowship for the Doctor of Education in physical education at Colorado State College and also serve as an assistant coach on their football team. Mudra served as the head football coach at Adams State College from 1959 to 1962. He had a record for the Adams State Indians football team and won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship in three consecutive years from 1960 to 1962. In 1962, Adams State defeated Northern Illinois University in the Mineral Water Bowl. Mudra was hired to coach at the North Dakota State University in 1963. The North Dakota State Bison had a