“He coaches you hard, and I think that’s very important as a player,” Rhyan said. “Especially as a young player going into UCLA and starting as a freshman. Sometimes you need to get told things you don’t want to hear, but other than that, he’s gonna coach you hard and he’s gonna get you to the point where you need to be in order to be successful and build teams to win games.”
Rhyan says Frye didn’t sugarcoat anything when coaching his players at UCLA, but at the same time, he knew how to alter his coaching style to connect with each of his individual players.
“He’s extremely honest, and he’s a well-spoken person and he is able to talk to you in a way that goes with your personality,” Rhyan said. “He has a great feel for each individual player he has in his O-line room, and with that, he’s able to have those hard conversations with you.”