Frank Broyles was born on December 26, 1924 in Decatur, Georgia.  After receiving his degree in Industrial Management at Georgia Tech, Georgia, in 1947, Broyles entered the coaching profession.  Broyles was a quarterback at Georgia Tech from 1944 through 1946 and also lettered in baseball and basketball. 

He worked as an assistant coach at several colleges before becoming head coach at the University of Missouri in 1957.  He had a 5-4-1 record in his one season at Missouri and then went on to the University of Arkansas, where he rebuilt a struggling program. His 1964 team won all 11 of its regular season games, was voted national champion by the Football Writers Association of America, and beat Nebraska 10-7 in the Cotton Bowl. Broyles shared the American Football Coaches Association coach of the year award with Ara Parseghian of Notre Dame that year.  In 19 seasons at Arkansas, Broyles won 144 games, lost 58, and tied 5. His teams won 7 Southwest Conference championships and played in 10 bowl games. He retired from coaching after the 1976 season, but remained at Arkansas as athletic director.

 He served as an assistant coach at Baylor University, Texas, Florida University, Florida, and Georgia Tech, Georgia, and as head coach at University of Missouri, Missouri, before coming to Arkansas in 1958.  Broyles coached the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, football team Razorbacks for 19 years. 

He became the University of Arkansas's director of athletics in July 1973.                       

 

 Broyles Award: In 1996, the Broyles Award was established to recognize some of the most dedicated, hardest working people in America...the college football assistant coach. And, in the past four years, the award has done just that.
Each year the five Broyles Award finalists are chosen from almost 1,500 assistant coaches representing 112 Division One college football programs. Each head coach can nominate one assistant coach from his staff. All nominations are reviewed by, and the five finalists chosen by, an enthusiastic selection committee comprised of 7 of college football's finest former head coaches.
No other head football coach can claim the legacy that Frank Broyles built in selecting, developing and producing great assistant coaches. Broyles assistants who have moved to the head coach ranks have combined to win:

* Almost 20% of ALL Suberbowl Titles
* 5 National College Football Championships
* More Than 40 Conference Titles
* Over 2,000 Victories

More than 25 former Broyles assistant coaches went on to excel as college as professional football head coaches. Joe Gibbs, Hayden Fry, Johnny Majors, Barry Switzer, Jackie Sherrill, Doug Dickey and Jimmy Johnson are just a few that studied under Coach Broyles.

1999 marked the beginning of a new award presented at the ceremonies. The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Texas A&M assistant coach Ray Dorr and San Diego State assistant coach, Claude Gilbert for their many contributions to the game of college football.