Darrell Royal College coach

Darrell K Royal (July 6, 1924 – November 7, 2012) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University (1954–1955), the University of Washington (1956), and the University of Texas at Austin (1957–1976), compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5. In his 20 seasons at Texas, Royal's teams won two national championships (1963 and 1969), 11 Southwest Conference titles, and amassed a record of 167–47–5. He won more games than any other coach in Texas Longhorns football history. Royal also coached the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League for one season in 1953. Royal never had a losing season as a head coach for his entire career. He played football at the University of Oklahoma from 1946 to 1949. Royal was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983. Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the Longhorns play their home games, was renamed in his honor in 1996.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Royal Darrell K
Birth dateJuly 06, 1924
Birth place
Oklahoma Sooners football , Hollis Oklahoma
Date of deathNovember 07, 2012
Place of death
Texas Longhorns football

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Coach

coached team
Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Washington Huskies football
Edmonton Eskimos
Texas Longhorns football
NC State Wolfpack football
Mississippi State Bulldogs football
overall record184–60–5 (college)

Darrell Royal on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=5290
  2. http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/aa-darrell-royal-1949.html