Pat Culpepper was the 14th head college football coach for the Northern Illinois University Huskies located in DeKalb, Illinois and he held that position for four seasons, from 1976 until 1979. His career coaching record at Northern Illinois was 14 wins, 29 losses, and 1 tie. This ranks him tenth at Northern Illinois in total wins and 16th at Northern Illinois in winning percentage.[1]
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Born and raised in Cleburne, TX. Pat Culpepper was a standout linebacker for the University of Texas 1958 - 1962. His senior year at the University of Texas he was named All Southwest Conference, All-American by CBS, and Academic All American. After graduation, Culpepper joined Darryl Royal's staff as a Freshman Coach and defensive linebackers coach. His college career took him from stops at the University of Texas, Tulane University, Memphis State (now the University of Memphis), Baylor University, University of Colorado, and Northern Illinois University. In 1980, he became head coach at Midland High School in Midland, TX. During this time legendary coach Spik Dykes was the head coach at Midland Lee. During the early 80's, the West Texas district was known as the "little southwest conference", this district included: Odessa Permian, Midland Lee, San Angelo Central, Midland High, Odessa High, Big Spring, and Abilene High. In the 1982 season, Culpepper's defense, known as the Junkyard Dogs, knocked off Midland Lee for the first time in 14 years. In 1984 he took the head coaching job at Lufkin High School. A losing program for 9 straight years, Culpepper began to plant the seeds of turning Lufkin into a winning program. An 8 year tenure at LHS, Culpepper lead 3 teams to the state high school playoffs (this is during the time that only 1 school from each district went to the state playoffs). The greatest team in Lufkin High School history, 1988 team, fell short of a state final run to the greatest Texas high school team of all time, Dallas Carter in the quarterfinals.
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