Best time to go to Texas On this day in 1925, Longhorn track coach Clyde Littlefield inaugurated the Texas Relays at the Texas Memorial Stadium, drawing to Austin some of the best college track athletes and even three Olympians. The stadium, now known as Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, has been home to the University…
In 2002-2003. Texas became the first division I team in NCAA history to have: football in the top 10 Basketball in the Final 4 Baseball in the CWS Swimming and diving place 2nd nationally Golf was 9th Tennis reached the sweet 16 Indoor track was 9th Outdoor track was 21st Cross Country was 23rd. Every…
James Russell Leahy (Jim, Jimmy) was born in Raton, New Mexico on the 26th of October 1945, to Harold Creston Leahy, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Corey Leahy and died on Sunday, the 23rd of June 2024, at MD Anderson Cancer Center, surrounded by his family. One of the players I coached in high school at…
Longhorns that participated in State Championship teams. https://www.burntorangenation.com/2023/1/3/23533187/history-of-all-time-texas-longhorns-who-won-high-school-football-state-championships Private Schools The number of Longhorn lettermen who came to Austin from the private school ranks is not large, and historic records of private school state champions are harder to track down than those of public school champions. So this list of Longhorns who played for championship…
50 years after the Big Shootout, one Longhorn player said, “He felt a real spiritual bond among the Arkansas players. You could feel a lot of our players (Longhorns) had developed that same feeling. In some ways, it seemed like the Razorbacks were looking for what I had—a championship ring, and I was looking for…
Mike Roach wrote a book titled “The Road to Texas.” The book shares how Mack Brown was able to convert young boys from Texas who grew up in the 1990s dreaming of playing for any school but Texas. In the 1960s, middle and high school boys dreamed of wearing the Longhorn helmet and playing in…
Spanky Stephens, the Longhorn trainer from 1967- 1999 and a Hall of Honor inductee The banner photo above was taken in 1994 when Spanky was inducted into the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame. It is a significant photo because there are no other photos I know of that capture all 4 head coaches…
Before Title IX, the AIAW, and the NCAA, women’s sports at Texas had already built a strong foundation at the Intramural level. The slide show below represents the long but successful climb for Women’s equal rights in intercollegiate sports. 1941 1943 1952 1967 Golf Betty Ferguson, Barbdver Beck…
The Texas Longhorns baseball team has a rich history, with a tradition of excellence that spans over a century. Here are some highlights: *Six National Championships*: Texas has won six College World Series (CWS) titles, the most recent one coming in 2005. The other championships were in 1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, and 2002….
1983- 66-14 National champs Gus Ball at its finest The NCAA tournament field was expanding, and some six-team regionals were staged. Texas had a great pitching staff, including eight players who would pitch in the major leagues, including Roger Clemens and Calvin Schiraldi. Texas fought its way out of the losers bracket, and beat the…