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UT -MEN’S TRACK- No team National championships As of 2016 UT has produced 35 NCAA individual National champions. Coach Froggie Lovvern 1962-1963 Coach Lovvern graduated from Stamford High School in Texas and attended Pepperdine, where he won the national championship in the 1500 meter. 1962-2 SCORES AT NATIONALS Coach Lovvorn Baylus Bennett 5th in the…
Jim Bayless celebrates the history of Men’s Longhorn tennis in the podcast below. Fall 1972: The Coach Dave Snyder Era at UT Begins Longhorn Tennis Player and Coach Extraordinaire Dave Snyder 1950s 1958 2000 2000 I well remember my first encounter with Dave Snyder as our new coach. Dan Nelson and I had been practicing…
Track is the only sport in which athletes reveal their character to the fans as the event unfolds. In the picture below, Preston Davis (left) and Richard Romo (right) mirror the internal struggle that occurs thousands of times for UT athletes as they write their story in the History of U.T. Track. 1920…
Al Matthew makes Longhorn Sports History Austin High in the 60s had some great high school athletes who later set many records at either the college or professional level. Don Baylor almost signed with the Longhorns but decided to play professional baseball, Ben Crenshaw set all kinds of golf records at Texas and on the…
Coach Kearney Track is a fascinating sport that teaches participants the key elements necessary to overcome adversity. The Greeks knew this and founded the Olympic movement around Track and Field. Track is an uncomplicated sport. Participants don’t need to learn complicated plays, study films to determine team tendencies, or change offensive and defensive techniques…
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…