He claims that he once read that the color pink can have a calming effect on people.
Iowa pink locker rooms.
Former iowa coach hayden fry had the hawkeyes visiting locker room painted pink in 1979 purportedly as a means to gain a pregame psychological advantage against opponents.
Believing that pink would put opponents in a passive mood and because he thought that some believed pink was a sissy color fry had the visiting locker rooms decorated completely in the color pink.
Fry had graduated with a psychology degree from baylor university.
For the past 40 years the kinnick stadium locker room for visiting teams has been painted pink and during a 2004 renovation pink lockers toilets and showers were installed.
When teams travel to kinnick stadium they re greeted with a locker room that s both calming and infuriating.
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The pink locker room was the brainchild of legendary iowa coach hayden fry who was the coach for the hawkeyes from 1979 to 1998.
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Kinnick stadium is well known for its pink visitors locker rooms a tradition started by emeritus iowa coach hayden fry.
That s why iowa s pink visitors locker room is a tradition unlike any other.