0–10 record in 1962. Under Mudra's coaching, they finished with a 3–5 record in 1963 and a 10–1 record in 1964. winning the North Central Conference championship. North Dakota State was invited to the Mineral Water Bowl, where they defeated Western State College of Colorado. The team went 11–0 in 1965, again winning the conference championship, the Pecan Bowl against Grambling State University, and the school's first national championship. He earned his Doctor of Education from Colorado State College in 1964. 1966–1976 In 1966, Mudra signed a three-year contract to coach the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). They had a 7–7 record in the 1966 CFL season, the team's best finish since 1956. The Alouettes made the CFL postseason, but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the conference semi-finals. After one year, Mudra resigned from Montreal to accept the head coaching position for the University of Arizona. The Arizona Wildcats had 3–7 records in the previous two seasons. In Mudra's first year, Arizona went 3–6–1 in 1967. They went 8–1 in 1968, and were invited to the 1968 Sun Bowl, which Arizona lost to the Auburn Tigers. Mudra left Arizona in 1969 for Western Illinois University. The Western Illinois Leathernecks football team had a 2–7–1 record in their previous season. In five seasons from 1969 to 1973, Mudra's Leathernecks had a record. The Leathernecks won the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship in the 1969 season, and appeared in the 1973 NCAA Division II quarterfinals. Mudra was hired by Florida State University to coach the Florida State Seminoles football team in January 1974. The Seminoles finished the 1973 season 0–11 and coach Larry Jones resigned in disgrace with the NCAA putting Florida State on probation for one year. Mudra had a record in the 1974 and 1975 seasons, and was fired and replaced by Bobby Bowden. He said that he did not know why he was fired. Mudra took two years off from college coaching to coach youth football for 12-year-olds. 1977–1993 Mudra next coached the Eastern Illinois Panthers at Eastern Illinois University. By the time he was hired in 1977, Mudra earned the nickname "Dr. Victory", owing to his ability to inherit struggling programs and turn them into winners. Eastern Illinois had a 1–10 season in 1977, before Mudra's hiring. Mudra's 1978 Eastern Illinois team went 12–2 and won the NCAA Division II Championship. Eastern Illinois won