Reggie Bush’s Ill-Conceived Lateral And Horn Fumble Recovery Gives Texas New Life. McConaughey told Oprah Winfrey that watching Texas beat USC for the national championship was better than winning an Oscar. In the years 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2009 the Longhorns compile a 49-3 record. TAKING DEAD AIM FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. The road…
Roy Miller 2005- 2009 ALL ROADS LEAD THROUGH MACK BROWN ALL ROADS LEAD THROUGH MACK BROWN As a boy living in Virginia, he loved the ACC, particularly Mack Browns and North Carolina’s Tar Heels. A decade later, destiny called, and Roy got his wish to play for Mack Brown as a Longhorn. However, the road…
In Memoriam: Carie Graves The first coach in Texas Rowing history, Carie Graves, passed away on December 19, 2021. Story Links ROW2K CARIE GRAVES FEATURE (June 27, 1953-December 19, 2021) Carie Graves, who helped launch the University of Texas’s rowing program and served as head coach for its first 16 years, passed away on…
THE NAVIGATION TOOL TO HISTORICAL PAGES ON THIS WEB SITE ARE AT THE TOP OF THIS SCREEN SHOWN IN WHITE FONT ON A BURNT ORANGE BACKGROUND. THE SITES ARE “TLSN”, “SPORTS”, “GUEST WRITERS”, “MISSIONS”, “ARTICLES” , “LOST TOO SOON”, AND “SENTRY” Other Hall of Honor class’s are to the left in Red font 2016-2025 Hall…
Best time to go to Texas Texas Relays in Austin 2023 On this day in 1925, Longhorn track coach Clyde Littlefield inaugurated the Texas Relays at the Texas Memorial Stadium, drawing to Austin some of the best college track athletes and even three Olympians. The stadium, now the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, has been…
James Russell Leahy (Jim, Jimmy) was born in Raton, New Mexico on the 26th of October 1945, to Harold Creston Leahy, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Corey Leahy and died on Sunday, the 23rd of June 2024, at MD Anderson Cancer Center, surrounded by his family. One of the players I coached in high school at…
Longhorns that participated in State Championship teams. https://www.burntorangenation.com/2023/1/3/23533187/history-of-all-time-texas-longhorns-who-won-high-school-football-state-championships Private Schools The number of Longhorn lettermen who came to Austin from the private school ranks is not large, and historic records of private school state champions are harder to track down than those of public school champions. So this list of Longhorns who played for championship…
Mike Roach wrote a book titled “The Road to Texas.” The book shares how Mack Brown was able to convert young boys from Texas who grew up in the 1990s dreaming of playing for any school but Texas. In the 1960s, middle and high school boys dreamed of wearing the Longhorn helmet and playing in…
Spanky Stephens the Longhorn trainer from 1967- 1999 and a Hall of Honor inductee The banner photo above was taken in 1994 when Spanky was inducted into the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame. It is a significant photo because there are no other photos I know of that capture all 4 head coaches…
Before Title IX, the AIAW, and the NCAA, women’s sports at Texas had already built a strong foundation at the Intramural level. The slide show below represents the long but successful climb for Women’s equal rights in intercollegiate sports. 1941 1943 1952 1965 1967 Golf Betty Ferguson, Barbdver Beck 1967 Golf Betty Ferguson, Barbdver Beck…