A 1966 Saturday Evening Post quote from sports writer Myron Cope stated that DKR was the “patron saint of clean-cut coaches.” DKR was handsome and charismatic, often called the “Sweet Bear Bryant.” Little did Royal know that Texas had a list of 115 prospects for the head coaching job. The Interview process 5 hours after…
DKR and The “Resurgence” of Longhorn football- by Tommy Lucas ROYAL IMMEDIATELY MAKES INROADS into Rebuilding a winning tradition by RECRUITING GREAT TEAM PLAYERS. In the year 1956, the Ed Price era of UT football ends with a 1 win- 9 loss season and afterwards he is asked to step down as Head Football…
LOUIS JORDAN — Jim Nicar (@JimNicar) September 10, 2018 By 1957, the Texas Longhorn football program had 64 years of history and had produced four consensus All-Americans and seven players who would later be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. But when the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor was created that year and inducted…
>“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…