Bill Little articles For https://texassports.com– The Orange in Marian Dozier Why Does Sport Matter Football The Memorial in the Stadium All the Way with LBJ The Last Ride November the twenty-second The fourth quarter A Tree is Gone Chasing the dream, racing the wind 08.20.2014 | Bill Little Commentary Bill Little commentary: The orange…
Bill Little articles For https://texassports.com– The Best that ever was The National Championship 1963 (part I) Texas Second Sport Memories, Milestones, Hopes, Dream The Return of the Horns The Eternal Spring of Dick Tomey Voice of the Longhorns’ passes away at 86 03.25.2014 | Bill Little Commentary Bill Little commentary: The best that ever was The diving…
Bill Little articles For https://texassports.com– A Reason to be Thankful Outside the Wire Burnt Orange Sunset Welcome to the Neighborhood Momma’s Rose To Tina Bonci, with Thanks The Colors 11.23.2005 | Football Bill Little commentary: A reason to be thankful It was, and remains today, one of the most powerful pieces of journalism I have…
Bill Little articles For https://texassports.com– At Last , the letter “E” Down to the Bone, The Victory lap, A Birthday and a Mexican Dinner A PLACE IN THE HALL — STEVE MCMICHAEL, A Tale of two Houses Dancing With the Stars The End of the Game The tie that Binds 9.02.2012 | Football BILL LITTLE COMMENTARY: AT…
1935-1938 Coach Chevigny was an innovator and proactive thinker, if not a good coach. He bought a field cover to protect the grass on the football field and started filming games for study purposes. 1935-1938 Under Chevigny, Texas had its first ‘training table” and athletic dorm with a “dorm mother” by the name of “Ma…
The Orange Jackets Since its inception in 1923, OJs have been actively serving both UT and the greater Austin community. Orange Jackets is the oldest honorary service organization at the University of Texas. The organization’s core tenets are excellence in scholarship, leadership, service, and community. Orange Jackets have been sporting this uniform since the UT…
“For other information on Support Staff please visit the panel to the left with subjects in red font.” Longhorn TRAINERS AND STUDENT MANAGERS 1893-1959 1893 First Longhorn football manager- Walter Crawford. Although UT began playing football in 1893, the first hired coach for the Horns was Reginald DeMerritt Wentworth who contracted to…
In 1937 the Silver Spurs were formed to take care of the Texas mascot. The organization did not have much to do for over a decade, as the team mascot was never defined. Currently, the Silver Spurs are very busy taking care of Bevo, who travels better than most students in a custom trailer driven…
DOC HENRY “Gunga Din” Henry Reeves attends to injured Longhorns. Long before the University of Texas at Austin hired Charlie Strong, even long before the first African-American athlete was admitted to the University of Texas at Austin, the university had Henry Reeves. From 1875 to 1915, Reeves was trainer, doctor and manager — generally the…
Reflection Point Lutcher Stark When you enter the stadium from the west side, you go into Bellmont Hall, named after our first AD. Theo Bellmont, one of the founders of the SWC, was only the second most influential person on the program from 1910-1935. http://www.starkcenter.org/message-from-the-director/ In the book “100 Things” author Jenna McEachern says, “Stark…