| Darrell Royal | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Texas Washington Mississippi State |
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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. For the coaching strategy game see NFL Head Coach. A head coach is a professional who is responsible for the overall actions of American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hollis is a city in and the County seat of Harmon County, Oklahoma, United States. The Paul 'Bear' Bryant Award is an award that has been given annually since 1986 to NCAA College football 's national coach University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a Coeducational public Research university located in the U Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage they For the coaching strategy game see NFL Head Coach. A head coach is a professional who is responsible for the overall actions of See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University Mississippi State University is a Land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi, United States, in the town of Starkville and The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend Indiana, USA is a hall of fame and museum devoted to College football. Artistic Gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Dmitry Bilozerchev, USSR Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hollis is a city in and the County seat of Harmon County, Oklahoma, United States. The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend Indiana, USA is a hall of fame and museum devoted to College football. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Coach (baseball|Coach (basketball|Coach (ice hockeyIn Sports a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations The Texas Longhorns football team is the interscholastic football team at The University of Texas in Austin Texas.
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Middle initial
The "K" in Royal's name is not an abbreviation for a middle name; it is in honor of his mother, Katy, who died when he was an infant. She died of cancer, but because of the taboo surrounding the disease at that time, Royal was led to believe until he was an adult that she had died giving birth to him. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled [1]
College career
Royal played quarterback and defensive back at the University of Oklahoma under his mentor, coach Bud Wilkinson, from 1946–1949. Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage they Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson was a Hall of Fame American football coach for the University of Oklahoma. While attending the University of Oklahoma, he joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a Coeducational public Research university located in the U Delta Upsilon ( ΔY) is the 6th oldest international all-male college Greek-letter social fraternity and is the first non-secret fraternity ever
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. Oklahoma State Cowboys ( Cowgirls for women's teams are the athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University. [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. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research The Sugar Bowl is an annual American College football Bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana. 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. A starting lineup in Sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins [2][3]
Coaching career
Early positions
He served as an assistant coach at North Carolina State, Tulsa and Mississippi State. North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, Coeducational extensive Research University located in Raleigh North Carolina The University of Tulsa is a Private university awarding bachelors masters and doctoral degrees located in Tulsa Oklahoma. Mississippi State University is a Land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi, United States, in the town of Starkville and He coached the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, and in 1955, he returned to Mississippi State for his first collegiate head coaching job. The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton Alberta. The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in He spent the 1956 season at the University of Washington. See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University
University of Texas
Royal took over as head coach at University of Texas in December 1956, and achieved success almost instantaneously. Coach (baseball|Coach (basketball|Coach (ice hockeyIn Sports a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations 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. The Sugar Bowl is an annual American College football Bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana. 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. This page is about the now defunct Southwest Conference (SWC For the unrelated and currently still active conference abbreviated as the SWAC see Southwestern Athletic Conference In the United States, a bowl game is traditionally a post-season College football game however the term "bowl" has become synonymous with a major American
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. [4]
Royal is also known as a great innovator on the football field and off. He introduced two key changes to college football – the "flip-flop" and the wishbone formation backfield. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies The wishbone formation, also known simply as the ’bone, is an offensive formation in American football. He was also the first coach in the nation to employ an academic counselor. Four out of five of his players went on to earn their degree.
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. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively In 1996, the University honored him by renaming Texas Memorial stadium to Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (formerly just Memorial Stadium and Texas Memorial Stadium) located in Austin Texas, is home to the University
Royal was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983. The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend Indiana, USA is a hall of fame and museum devoted to College football.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (1954 – 1955) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Mississippi State | 6–4 | — | — | |||||
| 1955 | Mississippi State | 6–4 | — | — | |||||
| Mississippi State: | 12–8 | ||||||||
| Washington Huskies (Pacific Coast Conference) (1956) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Washington | 5–5 | — | — | |||||
| Washington: | 5–5 | ||||||||
| Texas Longhorns (Southwest Conference) (1957 – 1976) | |||||||||
| 1957 | Texas | 6–4 | 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 | 5-2 | T2nd | T Bluebonnet | 17 | — | ||
| 1961 | Texas | 10–1 | 6-1 | T1st | W Cotton | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1962 | Texas | 9–1 | 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 | 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 | 4-4 | 5th | — | — | |||
| Texas: | 167–47–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | 184–60–5 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. Historic coaching hire Mississippi State made history on December 1 2003 when it hired Sylvester Croom as its head football coach The Southeastern Conference (SEC is a College Athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern College football has a long and storied history at the University of Washington. The Pacific Coast Conference ( PCC) was a College athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959 The Texas Longhorns football team is the interscholastic football team at The University of Texas in Austin Texas. This page is about the now defunct Southwest Conference (SWC For the unrelated and currently still active conference abbreviated as the SWAC see Southwestern Athletic Conference The 1957 college football season saw two different national champions The Sugar Bowl is an annual American College football Bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana. The 1958 college football season was the first to feature the Two point conversion. The 1959 college football season saw Syracuse University crowned as the national champion by both the AP and the UPI wire services The Cotton Bowl Classic is a United States College football Bowl game played annually since 1937 at the self-named stadium in Dallas Texas The 1960 college football season marked the last time that the University of Minnesota was a national champion on the gridiron The Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual College football bowl game played in Houston Texas. During the 20th century the NCAA had no playoff for the College football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A" During the 20th Century the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A" During the 20th Century the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A" During the 20th Century the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A" The Orange Bowl is an annual College football game that is usually played the first week in January in the Miami Florida metro area in the United States During the 20th Century the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A" The 1966 college football season was marked by controversy as the year of "The Tie" a November 19 game between the two top-ranked teams Michigan State and Notre Dame The 1967 college football season was the last one in which college football's champion was crowned before the bowl games In the 1968 college football season, the system of "polls and bowls" changed The 1969 college football season was celebrated as the 100th anniversary of college football The 1970 college football season was marked by tragedy On October 2 one of the planes carrying the Wichita State football team crashed on the way to a game against Utah State killing The 1971 college football season saw Coach Bob Devaney 's Nebraska Cornhuskers repeat as national champions The 1972 college football season saw the Trojans of the University of Southern California, coached by John McKay, go undefeated and win the national championship as The 1973 college football season was the first for the NCAA's current three-division structure The 1974 college football season finished with two national champions The Gator Bowl is an annual College football Bowl game that is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville Florida. The 1975 college football season saw University of Oklahoma repeat as national champion in the Associated Press (AP writers' poll The 1976 college football season ended with a championship for the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh. The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A College football and Division I °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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See also
References
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- ^ a b 2006 Oklahoma Sooners Media Guide (PDF). Soonersports. com. University of Oklahoma Athletic Department. University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a Coeducational public Research university located in the U Retrieved on 2007-08-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
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- ^ Butts, Mike. "Tarnished Legends", Austin Chronicle. Retrieved on 2006-09-30. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the
External links
- Head Football Coaches at The University of Texas
- The Darrell K Royal Appreciation Page
- 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 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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| NAME | Royal, Darrell K. List of starting Quarterbacks for the Oklahoma Sooners. 2000-Present 1990-1999 1980-1989 1970-1979 Frank Joseph Filchock ( October 8, 1916 &ndash June 20, 1994) was an American and Canadian football tailback The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton Alberta. Frank "Pop" Ivy ( January 25, 1916 - May 17, 2003) was a football player and coach who holds the unique distinction Ed Price was a head football coach at the University of Texas. Texas Longhorns athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of The University of Texas at Austin. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fred Akers (born c 1938 is a former American football coach He served as head football coach of The University of Texas Longhorns from 1977 to 1986 Murray Warmath (born December 26, 1912) was the Head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football program from 1954 to 1971 John Harvey McKay ( July 5, 1923 &ndash June 10, 2001) was an American football coach The Paul 'Bear' Bryant Award is an award that has been given annually since 1986 to NCAA College football 's national coach John Harvey McKay ( July 5, 1923 &ndash June 10, 2001) was an American football coach Ara Raoul Parseghian (born May 21 1923 in Akron Ohio) is a former American collegiate football coach |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hollis, Oklahoma |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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