Iowa Visitor Locker Room Pink

Former iowa coach hayden fry painted the locker room pink in 1979 and in 2005 more pink was added even pink urinals.

Iowa visitor locker room pink.

That s why iowa s pink visitors locker room is a tradition unlike any other. Kinnick stadium is well known for its pink visitors locker rooms a tradition started by emeritus iowa coach hayden fry. 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. In preparation for their week 11 matchup against the iowa hawkeyes michigan revamped their visitor s locker room in a major way.

The pink locker room was the brainchild of legendary iowa coach hayden fry who was the coach for the hawkeyes from 1979 to 1998. 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. When teams travel to kinnick stadium they re greeted with a locker room that s both calming and infuriating. The visiting team s locker room at iowa s kinnick stadium was painted dusty rose a shade of pink in the 1970s at the request of former coach hayden fry.

The legendary visitor s locker room at iowa will greet us tonight. Iowa s visitor s locker room is pink you see. When he started coaching at iowa in 1979 he ordered the walls in the visiting room to be pink. He claims that he once read that the color pink can have a calming effect on people.