9/15/1883 is the day that UTirst opened,, with classes starting the following year. In the book Bowled Over by Michael Oriard, the author says: Football initially belonged to the players beginning in the 1870s. They made the rules and ran the teams, but by the 1920s, it had become indisputably a coach’s game. As intercollegiate…
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…
Longhorn football Sports History – click on photo
>“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…