Forest "Evy" Evashevski (February 19, 1918 – October 30, 2009) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

Evashevski's 1958 Iowa team went 8–1–1, won the Big Ten Conference title and defeated the California Golden Bears in the Rose Bowl.

Evashevski served as Iowa's athletic director from 1960 to 1970, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2000.

[citation needed] At Northwestern High School, however, he was not allowed on the football practice field in his sophomore or junior years.

Michigan football coach Fritz Crisler wanted Evashevski on the field, so Evy was moved from the center position to quarterback one week before his first varsity game.

"[6] On another occasion, Evashevski shocked both his coach and teammates by lighting a victory cigar on the sidelines with thirty seconds to play in a 1939 win over Ohio State.

In 1950, Evashevski accepted a head coaching job out west in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) at Washington State College in Pullman.

"[12] With those words, Evashevski left the Palouse in southeastern Washington to become the University of Iowa's 19th head football coach.

A United Press story named three football programs in 1952 with new coaches that would struggle to ever be competitive: Iowa, Indiana, and Pittsburgh.

The Des Moines Register wrote, "Put your license plate back on the family auto, citizen, for Iowa won a football game Saturday.

He strongly believed that the team had to be instilled with a fighting attitude, and that the Big Ten needed to be made aware of Iowa's presence in the league.

[19] In a loss to Minnesota, Gopher fans on the sideline yelled at Iowa coaches and players to stop obstructing their view.

In fact, not only was Notre Dame the top-ranked team in the nation, the AP writers had voted the Irish number one by the largest margin in their poll's history.

"[26] Famed sportswriter Grantland Rice stated, "I consider it a complete violation of the spirit and ethics of the game and was sorry to see Notre Dame, of all teams, using this method.

He shoved the passes back into his pocket and engaged in a verbal battle with the gatekeeper, as his cold and angry Hawkeye team watched.

Led by head coach Woody Hayes, the Buckeyes had just defeated Indiana by rushing for 465 yards as a team, setting a Big Ten Conference record.

Following a scoreless first half, Iowa took the lead on a 17-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ken Ploen to receiver Jim Gibbons.

The Hawks then allowed Ohio State just 53 yards total offense in the second half to punch home the win.

[30] After a forty-point win over Notre Dame, which stands as one of the worst losses in the history of the Irish, the Hawkeyes prepared for the Rose Bowl.

Such a happy occasion was marred, however, by the tragic news that former Hawkeye Cal Jones had just died in a plane crash in Canada.

Evashevski calmly explained that a tie did not hurt Iowa's Big Ten title chances, while it all but ended Michigan's.

The United States Air Force Academy had only existed since 1954, and few thought their football team would give Iowa's a challenge.

The Hawkeyes defeated Ohio State in the last game of the conference season to clinch a share of the league crown with Minnesota.

Burns went on to a long and successful coaching career in professional football, serving as an assistant to Vince Lombardi with the Green Bay Packers, which won the first two Super Bowls, and then as offensive coordinator for 18 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings under Bud Grant, when Minnesota went to four Super Bowls between 1969 and 1976.

"[42] One of Burns' assistant coaches said, "From the moment he became athletic director, Evy cut down the cost of maintaining the football program to the bare bones.

After Evy became the athletic director, the staff was told that visiting recruits and their parents would eat at the Quadrangle cafeteria.

Some speculated at the time that finding a new coach had been difficult due to the problems Burns reportedly experienced with Evashevski.

[46] Less than one month later, star quarterback Larry Lawrence and fullback Tom Smith quit the team and transferred to Miami, loudly proclaiming that they would never stay and play for Nagel.

Charges and counter-charges followed, and after a long investigation the Iowa Board of Athletics relieved both Forest Evashevski and Ray Nagel of their respective duties on May 19.

He briefly worked as a color analyst on ABC's college football coverage before moving back to northern Michigan.