Frank Falks -- Tight Ends Coach, St. Louis Rams

(as of football season 2005) Falks, who most recently coached four seasons with the Detroit Lions (1997-00), coaches the Rams tight ends.
Falks took over as the Lions running backs coach in 1997 after three years (1994-96) as the tight ends/H-backs coach for the San Diego Chargers.
Prior to joining the Chargers, Falks spent 25 years in the college coaching ranks. Falks began his career at his alma mater, Parsons College, in Fairfield, Iowa, as offensive coordinator for two seasons (1968-69). He moved to Kansas State as offensive line coach from 1970-72, before tutoring defensive ends at Arkansas from 1973-77. He then spent two years as the defensive coordinator at Wyoming (1978-79), one season as defensive coordinator at San Diego State (1980), and two years as running backs coach at Oklahoma State (1981-82). Falks spent four seasons at USC from 1983-86, the first two as running backs coach, and the final two as assistant head coach before joining Arizona State as running backs coach for four seasons (1987-91). From 1992-93, Falks was the running backs coach at Ohio State University.
Falks, a native of Tampa, Florida, played linebacker at Joplin Junior College, in Joplin (Mo.), where he earned all-America honors in 1964. He was elected into Joplin's Hall of Fame in 1973. Falks continued his playing career at Parsons College, where he earned all-America honors in 1966.

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Clyde Fletcher -- Assistant Basketball Coach, Arkansas Aeros (ABA)

(as of 2006-07 season) Clyde joined the Aeros for their inagural season in 2006. He lettered at Arkansas in 1991 & 1992.

Danny Ford -- Football

After graduating from Gadsden High School in 1966, Danny Lee Ford was an All-SEC selection on the field and off the field under Paul "Bear" Bryant at Alabama, where he played in three bowl games. He received a bachelor's degree in industrial arts in 1970 and later received a master's degree in special education in Tuscaloosa in 1971.
After nine years as an assistant coach, Ford had an auspicious beginning to his head coaching career. He debuted with a 17-15 win over Ohio State in the 1978 Gator Bowl.
In 1981, Ford helped Clemson reach the summit of college football by winning the National Championship, the first by any Clemson team. His Tigers, who were unranked in the preseason, downed three top-10 teams during the course of the 12-0 season that concluded with a 22-15 victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. Ford, National Coach of the Year in '81, is still the youngest coach to win a national championship on the gridiron. He also led Clemson to a 30-2-2 record between 1981-1983, best in the nation.
Clemson won three straight ACC titles under his guidance between 1986 and 1988. In '89, Clemson registered a 10-2 season and top-12 national ranking for the fourth straight season. Ford closed his career with a 27-7 win over West Virginia in the Gator Bowl. In the decade of the 1980s, Clemson had the nation's fifth-highest winning percentage.
Ford was an assistant ('77-'78) at Clemson before becoming the head coach. He compiled a 96-29-4  (.670) record in 11 seasons at Clemson, including a 12-0-0 record in 1981. Ford was fired in 1989.   
Danny took over at the University of Arkansas in 1993.  He began to build the Arkansas program; winning an SEC western division championship.  He was fired in 1997 after going 26-30-1 in five seasons.

Marshall Foreman -- Defensive Coordinator, Corpus Christi Sharks (AF2)

(as of the 2008 season) Marshall was named defensive coordinator for the Corpus Christi Sharks (af2) on January 26, 2007. He spent parts of 2006 as defensive coordinator and head coach for the Arkansas Stars (NIFL). He had been out of coaching since 2002, his second season with the Grand Rapids Rampage (AFL) when he joined the Stars. He served as the defensive coordinator for the Tulsa Talons (AFL2) during the 2000 season. His AFL coaching resume includes two seasons as a fullbacks/linebackers coach with the Dallas Texans (1993) and Fort Worth Cavalry (1994), serving alongside Rampage head coach Michael Trigg during both seasons. Marshall began his pro career in 1987 and spent a brief stint as a running back with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He went on to play two years in the AFL for the Denver Dynamite (1991) and the Sacramento Attack (1992), rushing 69 times for 220 yards and three touchdowns, he also caught 13 passes for 140 yards and two scores, while recording 42 tackles on the defensive side of the ball. A 1987 graduate from the University of Arkansas with an undergraduate degree in physical education and a master's in education, he played his first year as a Razorback under Lou Holtz, and his last three under Ken Hatfield. Marshall was named an All-Southwest Conference fullback in 1984.

Lance Franks -- Assistant Baseball Coach - Pitchers, Chico Outlaws (Golden Baseball League, Independent Baseball)

(as of baseball season 2005) Lance was named pitching coach for Chico on December 28, 2004. Franks, who also lives in Chico, takes on his first full-time coaching assignment after serving as a player/pitching coach in 2004 for the Quebec Les Capitales of the independent Northeast League.
The 2004 season marked the end of Lance's eight-year pro career, five of which were spent in the St. Louis Cardinals farm system. Franks enjoyed his biggest success during the Heat's 2002 WBL championship season, posting an 11-4 record and 2.98 earned run average, ranking among the league leaders in nearly every significant statistical pitching category. Player bio.

Hayden Fry -- Football

An All-State quarterback for Odessa High School's 1946 state championship team. After playing football at Baylor University (1947-50), Fry spent four years in the Marine Corps, coached high school football for four years (Odesa, TX HS, 1956-59, record of 24-16), and served as an assistant college coach for two seasons (Baylor in 1960, Arkansas in 1961) before becoming head coach at Southern Methodist University in 1962.
Fry took SMU to three bowl games, but those were his only three winning seasons and he had a 50-68-1 record before being fired. He then had a 40-23-1 mark at North Texas State University from 1973 through 1978 and moved on to the University of Iowa.
Iowa went to the Rose Bowl three times under Fry's guidance, in 1982, 1986, and 1991, losing all three, but his teams have a 5-4-1 record in other bowl appearances. He ranked 10th on the all-time win list for Division I coaches when he retired.
Fry retired after the 1998 season with a record of 143-89-6 at Iowa and 232-178-10 overall (37 years).
During his coaching career, Fry was named the Southwest Conference Coach of the Year four time (while at SMU), the Big Ten Coach of the Year three times (1981, '90, & '91) and the Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year once (while at North Texas).  He was also named the National Coach of the Year by The Sporting News and ABC-TV. He was inducted into Texas H.S. Football Hall of Fame in 1997 and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Fry was selected as the 2005 recipient of the American Football Coaches Association's Amos Alonzo Stagg Award.

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