History of All Sports

  • Top 10 Longhorn rushers

    Top 10 Leading Rushers in Texas Longhorns History by   Patrick Conn June 27, 2020. The Texas Longhorns have had quite the history at the running back position. Ricky Williams and Cedric Benson ran by and through opponents, James Saxton and Crain jitterbugged around them, and Earl ran flat over them. Players who dominated the game on…

  • Women’s tennis T-Ring Reflections – pending

    The following T-Ring reflection is paraphrased from an article written by Trent Freeman for the Cactus. Trent’s article is below. Lucie Ludvigova’s mental toughness helped her reach the Longhorns by a circuitous route. In her early years, she was barred from playing in U.S. tournaments by the Czech government, but she still managed to receive…

  • Tennis Men -Coach Michael Center- 2001- 2015

     COACH MICHAEL CENTER 2001 TO PRESENT Record at Texas thru 2015 is 305-109 in 15 years Coach Michael Center Asst. coach Bruce Berque Head Coach Michael Center Assistant Coach Bruce Berque 2007 U.S. Professional Tennis Association National College Coach of the Year Big 12 Coach of the Year 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 305-109 record Region…

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    Fred Akers- misunderstood and underappreciated

    Politics, Infractions, perceptions, and deceptions during the years 1976-1986 start the slow decline of Longhorn football that does not end until 1998. The Hiring of Fred Akers   After Regent Erwin was replaced with Regent Shivers, Texas’s sports dynamics changed forever. But, Kirk Bohls says, “where Shivers was smoother than mink, Erwin was as subtle as…

  • Joe Nobis

    Joe Nobis drowned while swimming near Mansfield Dam in 1968. Tommy Nobis was his older brother. Joe was a member of the 1967 football recruiting class at UT Austin. If he had survived, Joe would have contributed to two national football championships. Barbara Wainscott Tommy Nobis asked Loyd (my husband) to go with him to…