Track is a fascinating sport that requires mental toughness and the ability to overcome adversity. The Greeks chose Track and Field as the key sport for Olympic competition because it is the most universal, pitting individuals against each other to determine who is the best. Track athletes don’t need to study films to determine team…
LONGHORN WOMEN’S TRACK HISTORY By Rey Moreno 1976 UT started women’s athletics in 1974. At that time it was Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Susan Abernathy, Julie Campbell, Susan Davis, and Carol Sheffield would capture the TAIAW state 2-mile relay state championship. In 1981, UT was the host for T&F Champions, Division I. UCLA would dominate…
Longhorns have eclipsed OU in the race for total national champions for all sports. O.U is not even close to the Longhorns as a champion, As of 2024 the all time series wins in all sports favors Texas in all sports but softball and men’s basketball. Football: 65-51-5 Soccer: 20-11-2 Volleyball: 65-5 Men’s basketball: 49-58 Women’s basketball: 40-29 Baseball: 160-70-2 Softball: 28-64…
By TERRY FREI | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: May 31, 2014 at 2:01 p.m. | UPDATED: October 2, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. A healthy brain is at the top, and a CTE brain is at the bottom Warning: the link below shows some of the graphics parts of CTE that impacted Greg Ploetz family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8PHoWQ_s-g…
Texas played the Dallas Athletic Club on Thanksgiving Day in 1896 and 1898. There were also other Thanksgiving games in the 1890s, including matches against Arkansas and LSU. The first game between the Longhorns and the Aggies took place in 1900. This matchup became a well-known Thanksgiving tradition, disrupted only when Texas refused to play…
. Ed Price, the head coach of the football team in the 1930’s won 8 letters with the Longhorns and played on championship teams in football, basketball, and baseball. Coach Price chose to move from the T formation to the split T formation, which required a running quarterback. His goal was to run more…
The video below tells the story of the Wishbone, created by Emory Bellard of the Texas Longhorns. https://youtu.be/qrrg2_j-gVI Humor interviews for the Royal years are in the link below.https://texasarchive.org/2016_01031 Three years after the above photo was taken, Lester (car accident) and Steinmark (cancer) had passed away. The Longhorns were 40-4-1 in 1968,69,70, AND 72 …
Coach Reese Record NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 15 NCAA RUNNER-UP FINISHES 13 TOP-3 NCAA FINISHES 35 TOP-10 NCAA FINISHES 42 Completed his 44th season at Texas (2021-22) Has led Texas to an NCAA-leading 15 national team titles, 13 NCAA runner-up finishes and 35 top-three finishes at the NCAA Championships 42 consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships…
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…
The hiring of COACH JOHN MACKOVIC “Winds of Change” 1993 1991-1992 football (13).jpg Tim Layden writes in a Sports Illustrated article that says “Texas coach John Mackovic, a taciturn man,” spent his years at Texas “under the blade of a guillotine. “ Texas convened a committee to search for a new coach when…