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Darrell Royal
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| Darrell Royal | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | July 6, 1924 | |
| Place of birth | Hollis, Oklahoma | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 184-60-5 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| 1963, 1969 & 1970 National championship | ||
| Awards | ||
| 1961 & 1963 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1946-49 | Oklahoma | |
| Position | QB/DB | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1957-76 1956 1954-55 1953 |
Texas Washington Mississippi State Edmonton Eskimos |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 1983 | ||
Darrell K Royal (born July 6, 1924 in Hollis, Oklahoma), is a College Football Hall of Fame member, and is the winningest football coach in University of Texas Longhorn history.
"K" is Royal's given middle name (not an abbreviation). He received it in honor of his mother, Katy, who died when he was an infant. She died of cancer, but because of the stigma surrounding the disease at that time, Royal was led to believe until he was an adult that she had died giving birth to him.[1]
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College career
Royal played quarterback and defensive back at the University of Oklahoma under his mentor, coach Bud Wilkinson, from 1946–1949. While attending the University of Oklahoma, he joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity.
He was most noted for his prowess as a defensive back, where his 18 career interceptions and his 3 interceptions in the 1947 game against Oklahoma State are still Sooner records.[2][3]
His part-time contributions at quarterback had a similar impact, despite having to share time with Jack Mitchell and Claude Arnold at the position. He threw a 43-yard pass against the University of North Carolina in the 1949 Sugar Bowl. He holds the fourth best winning percentage in school history (minimum 15 starts) with a 16-1 mark as a part-time quarterback starter. His 11-0 mark as a starter in 1949 ranks as one of the best seasons in school history.[2][3]
Coaching career
Early positions
He served as an assistant coach at North Carolina State, Tulsa and Mississippi State. He coached the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, and in 1954, he returned to Mississippi State[4] for his first collegiate head coaching job. He spent the 1956 season at the University of Washington.
University of Texas
Royal took over as head coach at University of Texas in December 1956, and achieved success almost instantaneously. The team went from a 1-9 season, their worst record ever, in 1956 to a 6-4-1 season and a berth in the Sugar Bowl in 1957. In Royal's 20 years as head coach, UT never had a losing season. Royal posted a 167-47-5 career record at Texas. His overall coaching record was 184-60-5.
With Royal at the helm, UT won three national championships (1963, 1969, and 1970), won or shared 11 Southwest Conference championships, and made 16 bowl appearances.
Royal's coaching tactics were the subject of criticism in Gary Shaw's exposé of college football recruiting and coaching practices, Meat on the Hoof, which was published in 1972, six years after Shaw left the Texas football program.[5]
Starting in 1962, Royal also served as athletics director for UT. He retired from coaching in 1976, and remained director of athletics until 1980. He now serves as special assistant to the university president on athletic programs. In 1996, the University honored him by renaming Texas Memorial stadium to Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Royal was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
Head coaching record
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| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (1954–1955) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Mississippi State | 6–4 | 3-3 | T-6th | — | — | |||
| 1955 | Mississippi State | 6–4 | 4-4 | 6th | — | — | |||
| Mississippi State: | 12–8 | 7-7 | |||||||
| Washington Huskies (Pacific Coast Conference) (1956) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Washington | 5–5 | 3-4 | — | — | ||||
| Washington: | 5–5 | 3-4 | |||||||
| Texas Longhorns (Southwest Conference) (1957–1976) | |||||||||
| 1957 | Texas | 6–4-1 | 4-1-1 | 2nd | L Sugar | 11 | 11 | ||
| 1958 | Texas | 7–3 | 3-3 | 4th | — | — | |||
| 1959 | Texas | 9–2 | 5-1 | T1st | L Cotton | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1960 | Texas | 7–3-1 | 5-2 | T2nd | T Bluebonnet | 17 | — | ||
| 1961 | Texas | 10–1 | 6-1 | T1st | W Cotton | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1962 | Texas | 9–1-1 | 6-0-1 | 1st | L Cotton | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1963 | Texas | 11–0 | 7-0 | 1st | W Cotton | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1964 | Texas | 10–1 | 6-1 | 2nd | W Orange | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1965 | Texas | 6–4 | 3-4 | T4th | — | — | |||
| 1966 | Texas | 7–4 | 5-2 | 2nd | W Bluebonnet | — | — | ||
| 1967 | Texas | 6–4 | 4-3 | T3rd | — | — | |||
| 1968 | Texas | 9–1-1 | 6-1 | T1st | W Cotton | 5 | 3 | ||
| 1969 | Texas | 11–0 | 7-0 | 1st | W Cotton | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1970 | Texas | 10–1 | 7-0 | 1st | L Cotton | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1971 | Texas | 8–3 | 6-1 | 1st | L Cotton | 12 | 18 | ||
| 1972 | Texas | 10–1 | 7-0 | 1st | W Cotton | 5 | 3 | ||
| 1973 | Texas | 8–3 | 7-0 | 1st | L Cotton | 8 | 14 | ||
| 1974 | Texas | 8–4 | 5-2 | T2nd | L Gator | — | 17 | ||
| 1975 | Texas | 10–2 | 6-1 | T1st | W Bluebonnet | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1976 | Texas | 5–5-1 | 4-4 | 5th | — | — | |||
| Texas: | 167–47–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | 184–60–5 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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See also
References
- ^ Dingus, Anne. "Darrell Royal" (HTM). TexasMonthly.com.
- ^ a b "2006 Oklahoma Sooners Media Guide" (PDF). Soonersports.com. University of Oklahoma Athletic Department. p. 153. http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/okla-dump/pdf_files/40833.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ a b "Oklahoma Sooners Record Book". Soonerstats.com. 2007. http://www.soonerstats.com/football/recordbook/index.cfm.
- ^ "Season Results" (HTM). http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/mississippi_state/yearly_results.php?year=1950. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ Butts, Mike. "Tarnished Legends". Austin Chronicle. http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue45/pols.shaw.html. Retrieved 2006-09-30.
External links
- Texas Monthly Talks - Interview with Darrell Royal
- Read Me Texas - Darrell Royal
- Darrell Royal at SoonerSports.com
| Preceded by Jack Mitchell |
Oklahoma Sooners Starting Quarterbacks 1946-1949 |
Succeeded by Claude Arnold |
| Preceded by Frank Filchock |
Edmonton Eskimos Head Coaches 1953 |
Succeeded by Pop Ivy |
| Preceded by Murray Warmath |
Mississippi State University Head Football Coach 1954-1955 |
Succeeded by Wade Walker |
| Preceded by Ed Price |
Texas Longhorns Head Coach 1957–1976 |
Succeeded by Fred Akers |
| Preceded by Murray Warmath John McKay |
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 1961 1963 |
Succeeded by John McKay Ara Parseghian |
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