I was probably not all that easy to coach, although I tried to be. I guess by the time I got to UT I had too many good coaches (all with different styles), plus myself, and Dave Rickey, the manager and founder of the Houston Striders, who wasn’t so much my coach as he was…
Track and Field require mental toughness and the ability to overcome adversity. The Greeks chose Track and Field as the key sport for Olympic competitions because it is the most universal of all sports that pit individuals against each other to prove who is the best. There is no need to study films to determine…
Ben Crenshaw To know Ben Daniel Crenshaw starts with DKR’s saying, “the real mark of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him.” Golf does not define Ben Crenshaw-never did. Ben Crenshaw is a winner, but not just because of the small numbers he wrote on scorecards or a impressive…
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 of all sports that pits individuals against each other to prove who is the best. Track athletes don’t need to study…
The college football bowl tradition began with the first Rose Bowl game on January 1, 1902, but the modern “bowl series” truly took shape in the 1930s when multiple postseason bowls were established. First Bowl Game (1902): The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, was the very first postseason college football game, played between Michigan and…
1983-1988 77-98 Record Coach Weltlich COACH WELTLICH’S COACHING STYLE WAS NEVER ACCEPTED BY THE MEDIA, PLAYERS, OR THE FANS, AND IT HURT HIS ABILITY TO RECRUIT THE GREAT ATHLETES. What Bob Weltlich inherited from Abe Lemmons Bob Weltlich was a successful basketball Coach at Ole Miss. before he was hired by DeLoss Dodds in 1983 …
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…
Article by Gaylon Krizak ’49 Longhorns: Unlikely champs almost didn’t get their chance By Gaylon Krizak Ten games into the 1949 baseball season, it was clear to at least one observer that Bibb Falk’s latest edition of the Texas Longhorns just didn’t measure up to its predecessors. Granted, the bar the ’49 Longhorns faced…
Below is the list of all the baseball head coaches since 1896 H. B. Beck – 1896 1. F. Weikart – 1897 2. A. C. Ellis – 1898–1899, 1901–1903, 1909 3. Maurice Gordon Clarke – 1900 4. Ralph Hutchinson – 1904–1906 5. H. R. Schenker – 1907 6. Brooks Gordon – 1908 7. Charles A….
Team honors thru 2005 First-team Soccer Academic honors thru 2005 NCAA TOP VIII AWARD RECIPIENTS 2004 Kelly Wilson NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS 2004Kelly Wilson GTE/CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 2004Kelly Wilson GTE/CoSIDA ACADEMIC-DISTRICT VI 2002 Alex Gagarin 2003 Kelly McDonald 2004 Amy Burlingham Kelly Wilson Dana Hall 2005 Amy…