1970-1971 – women’s first swimming Coach Ramenofsky
This photo was taken after the women won the state titles. As a celebration, Coach Ramenofsky was thrown in the pool, and she is soaking wet.

This photo was taken after the women won the state titles. As a celebration, Coach Ramenofsky was thrown in the pool, and she is soaking wet.

COACH TEX ROBERTSON – 1935-1950 Coach Robertson learned to swim in Sweetwater, Tx. Tex Is an alternate in the 1932 Olympics Coach’s 72 SWC swimming champions, 17 All Americans, 4 Olympians Develops Camp Longhorn- one of the nations best summer camp programs. He is best known for inventing the flip turn. 1950 is NCAA Coach of…
THE TALL TALE OF DEAN CAMPBELL by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org It sounds straight out of Mayberry, RFD. A young Dean Campbell recalls playing some good ‘ol neighborhood football in his Austin neighborhood in 1957, when the city bore a closer resemblance to Mayberry than it does to the Austin of today. A young, 30-ish…
Billy, I am sure you do not remember me, but I walked on in 1970, made the team, and Lettered at fullback my Freshman year behind Gaspard. I roomed with McEnvale (Not the Mattress Mac) but ended up rooming with Julius for a few months. I remember you and Julius coming to the room and…
Fan Reflection Point remembering the history of Longhorn Sports Track1/11/2026 Louis Lowe IV says From Billy Landers “Billy Dale thanks for sharing this. Mike sold bibles door to door for The Southwestern Company summers to earn money while at UT and eventually law school. He also had several food trucks during the school year. His…
Shaun Jordan was not offered many Division I scholarships, but Coach Reese saw something special in his swim stroke and asked him to walk-on at Texas. April 08, 1991 Hook This Longhorn Cutup Shaun Jordan hogged the stage as Texas won its fourth straight NCAA title By Merrell Noden The NCAA men’s swimming and Diving…
1993-2006- COACH JILL STERKEL 1992-1993 Coach Jill Sterkel – 3rd at the NCAA meet Jill was an Olympian and assistant coach under Richard Quick and Mark Schubert. Jill says, “Last year was tough because of the Olympic Trials and then coming back two weeks later..” However, Jill did not plead poverty in 1993. This…