The Buckeyes, under Woody Hayes, took the National Championship title in 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, and 1970. Hayes’ coaching produced 3 Heisman Trophy winners and 51 first-team All-America selections.
He wasn’t without controversy, though, as Hayes had a well-earned reputation for losing his temper. There was when he shoved a cameraman at the Rose Bowl and destroyed the sideline markers near the end of a loss to Michigan. But his biggest tirade was his infamous punching of a Clemson player in the Gator Bowl on December 29, 1978. An action that ended Hayes’ long-tenured coaching career. Woody was enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
