1977- 1986 Akers football
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1977- 1986 Akers football

ByBilly Dale

Links to articles about Coach Akers are listed below http://www.hookem.com/story/the-statesman-interview-fred-akers/ http://www.texassports.com/news/2003/8/19/081903aab_984.aspx http://www.dailytexanonline.com/blogs/keeping-score/2016/01/27/former-texas-quarterback-danny-akers-dies-of-cancer There were three contenders to replace Royal-Longhorn defensive coordinator Mike Campbell, Maryland head coach Jerry Claiborne, and Wyoming coach Fred Akers. Akers gets the job over the favorite Mike Campbell because he understands the culture of U.T. football as an assistant coach at…

1963 social and football highlights
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1963 social and football highlights

ByBilly Dale

1963 McWilliams, Appleton, Ford.jpg 1963 Appleton and Ford .jpg 1963 – Brucks, Ford, Carlisle.jpg 1963 – Carlisle, McWilliams, Philip, Ellington, Gaynor.jpg 1963 Carlisle, Talbert, Bedrick.jpg 1963 Carlisle,Ford.jpg 1963 George Spear, Coach Allison, Bill Munn, Preston Davis.jpg 1963 Lan Hewlett, , McWilliams, Carlisle, Charles Talbert.jpg 1963 1930 Harrison Stafford.jpg 1963 about Texas 2.jpg 1963 about Texas.jpg…

Rooster Andrews -one of a Kind 1

Rooster Andrews -one of a Kind 1

ByBilly Dale

William Edward “Rooster” Andrews Rooster was offered a scholarship at Texas A&M, but Kutner interceded and convinced Coach Bible to offer him a scholarship. After Rooster graduated, Coach Bible said he was “the best manager I ever saw.” Class of 1945Inducted into HOH 1966 FOOTBALL (1941-45, Manager, Kicker, Halfback)BASEBALL (1944, 1946, Manager)   Standing 4″…

1974 Jim Gideon – baseball

1974 Jim Gideon – baseball

ByBilly Dale

The oral history podcast, text, and photos of College Baseball Hall of Fame Longhorn inductee – Jim Gideon are sponsored by: ABEL Engineering responded to the First Gulf War when Saddam Hussein set the Kuwait Oil Field (about 1000 wells) on fire in an environmental terrorist act. ABEL provides project management and engineering for out-of-control…

Coach Mick Haley 1980 – 1996 women’s volleyball

Coach Mick Haley 1980 – 1996 women’s volleyball

ByBilly Dale

      Women’s volleyball coach Longhorn Mick Haley is a Winner. Haley, a two-time All-Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association choice, was named MIVA Most Valuable Player in 1965. From 1973 to 1980, Haley coached both the men’s and women’s volleyball teams at Kellogg Community College, leading the men to four national championships and the women…

The road to entitlement and corruption

The road to entitlement and corruption

ByBilly Dale

Rule makers create rule breakers. Commercialism and professionalism are as old as college football itself. Commercialism entered the game in the 1880s during a Thanksgiving Day championship in New York. By 1920, 50,000-seat college stadiums were part of America’s landscape, coaches were hired, and young, talented boys not interested in a college education were recruited to…