He was the captain of the football team at Garfield Heights High School, where he lost his teeth to on-the-field injuries.
Fryzel took over the head coaching position when Bruce was offered a job at Iowa State University the next year.
Fryzel then took the position of special teams coordinator with the expansion NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
After being fired (along with Nick Saban and Steve Szabo) following the 1981 Liberty Bowl, Fryzel retired from coaching.
Saban, who calls Fryzel a "great mentor" and included him on the sideline at Alabama games,[2] credits him with helping him to make up his mind to leave the Miami Dolphins and take the University of Alabama coaching job.