As 1973 rolled around, I became the UT Women’s Basketball coach and our mutually beneficial relationship continued and accelerated. Wow! To say that we were on a shoestring budget would be an understatement. Our salvation was Leon Black. Let’s be clear, no money or funds changed hands. Yet, Leon Black’s generosity and benevolence were worth…
Reflection Point Lutcher Stark When you enter the stadium from the west side, you go into Bellmont Hall, named after our first AD. Theo Bellmont, one of the founders of the SWC, was only the second most influential person on the program from 1910-1935. http://www.starkcenter.org/message-from-the-director/ In the book “100 Things” author Jenna McEachern says, “Stark…
A story by Cotton Speyer about Danny Lester While communing with a small group of friends recently, I asked the birth date of a mutual friend that was coming up in late June. June 23 was the answer. Ok I said, “June – Danny Lester”, I’ll now always remember the date on June 23….
Deborah Hall shares a photo of her husband David Hall who was the 1970 batting champion for the Longhorns with a .364 batting average. David developed into an outstanding hitter hitting .396 to lead the 1969 Longhorns. He was a strong line-drive hitter and dependable fielder at 3rd base. David could also pay outfield when…
John Danks is #32 and Ken Montgomery is #40 John Danks Eulogy for Longhorn basketball player Ken Montgomery. John Danks I met Ken in NYC in March 1978 the day before Texas defeated NC State for the NIT championship. You see he played for THEM. The introduction was made by my roommate Jim Krivacs who…
Part III of A “A Trilogy + 1” of football neurodegenerative diseases Thank you for including Shane. He was such a nice guy. He was bagging groceries and helping pay rent in HS. So when he got to UT and couldn’t work, he didn’t have two nickels to rub together. The Varsity dining hall was…
+ 1 of the “ TRILOGY + 1” Study OF FOOTBALL NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES. Cleaats Co-principal investigator Dr. Munro Cullum In 2022 we know that the bell-ringing sound that occurs in football after a hard hit is not harmless. the ring conceals dangers that can manifest themselves decades later. Originally studied in boxers in the 1920s,…
Cross Country
Brooks Kieschnick Brooks Kieschnick has received more National Collegiate awards in the college ranks then any other UT baseball player. His awards include: National College Baseball Hall of Fame 2006; Dick Howser Trophy 1992 and 1993; Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player of the Year 1993; Baseball America Player of the year- 1993; ABCA Player of the…
Basketball #35 Kevin Durant 2007 (one and done) Basketball #15 Slater Martin (1947-1949) Basketball #11 T.J. Ford Basketball Baseball #25 Scott Bryant (1987- 1989) Baseball #23 Brooks Kieschnick (1991- 1993) Baseball View fullsize #21 Greg Swindell (1984-1986) Baseball View…