If you’re a college football fan, then you know how instrumental Mack Brown was to the success of the Texas Longhorns football program. 5 in 1947 and No. Royal and Brown have also won national championships with Texas. Under his guidance, the Longhorns twice finished the season ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll: No. Of coaches who served more than one season, Whitaker leads with a .865 winning percentage. Royal and Brown have each received National Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. [1] The Longhorns have played in 1,200 games during their 117 seasons. In his first year on the job, Whitaker led the team to a 9-0 mark and the Southwest Conference (SWC) crown. Wentworth was the first football coach at the University of Texas, and he kept the program running. Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach rdh133@txstate.edu: 512-245-2587 512-245-2587: Jason Russell: Assistant Football Strength and Conditioning Coach jlr415@txstate.edu: 512-245-2587 512-245-2587: Kyle Vagher: Strength and Conditioning Coach (Football) vagher@txstate.edu: 245 … Texas was an original member of the … The Texas Longhorns football program is a college football team that represents the University of Texas at Austin of the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Akers was 86-31-2 coaching the Longhorns, and led them to two postseason wins. In those seasons, 10 coaches have led Texas to postseason bowl games: Dana X. Bible, Blair Cherry, Ed Price, Darrell Royal, Fred Akers, David McWilliams, John Mackovic, Mack Brown, Charlie Strong, and Tom Herman. Eugene Van Gent is another man on my list who didn't coach the Longhorns in very many games, nine to be exact, and finished with a 7-2 record. Charlie Strong trails with a .455 winning percentage. The Texas Longhorns have had 28 head football coaches since 1893, when they started organized football. AFCA Coach of the Year (1963, 1969)[7], Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2005)[8] The Texas Longhorns football program is a college football team that represents the University of Texas at Austin of the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There’s a simple explanation for why Texas’ football stadium is named after him — he was the best. With a 6-1 record, he a winning percentage of .857, which is one of the highest in school history. Texas Longhorns football is Darrell K. Royal. Two postseason wins is great, but Akers also had seven postseason losses (four in a row from 1982-1985). Houston is a solid program, but it’s not UT — not even close. For his efforts, Bible was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame 1951 as well as the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 1960. Although the Texas Longhorns struggled during Dana Bible’s first two seasons on the job, the legendary head coach quickly turned things around. From 1937-46, Bible compiled a record of 63-31-3, a winning percentage of .665, and finished 2-0-1 in three Cotton Bowl appearances. Darrell Royal is the best football coach ever for the University of Texas Longhorns. He only coached the Longhorns in seven games. Should Herman hope to become the next great coaching legend at the University Texas, these are the five names he’ll need to emulate, ranked. Our 10th best coach in Texas Longhorns history is Reginald DeMerritt Wentworth. Royal is the all-time leader in games coached (219), years coached (20) and total wins (167). After their first season in 1893, they were without a coach, yet again, and were considering cutting their football program. From 1957–1976, the legendary coach compiled 167 victories (the most in school history), amassed a.774 winning percentage, led the Longhorns to three national championships, and never had a losing season on the job. Although Littlefield was a good football coach, he became one of the best track and field coaches of all time, leading the Longhorns to 25 conference championships between 1920-1961. In a statement, Herman had this to say about becoming the next Longhorns head coach: The opportunity to come back to Texas is a dream come true for me and my family, and I can’t thank President [Greg] Fenves and [athletic director] Mike Perrin enough for providing me with this incredible opportunity. Of course, it’s safe to that “with great power comes great responsibility.” That and the immense pressure and lofty expectations that come with this particular job. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. After capping off three losing seasons in a row with a 1-9 season, the worst record in school history, Price tendered his resignation in 1956. He’ll have boosters breathing down his neck and diehard fans calling for his head if he can’t turn the team around. Texas Football Today; Helmets; Stadiums; High School Pick'Em; College. Clyde Littlefield was the first coach to lead the Longhorns to two conference championships (both in the Southwest Conference). On Nov. 27, 2008, Brown achieved his 200th career win, making him the first Texas coach to reach that mark. Many of these coaches have led Texas to great seasons, and only one coach, Jack Chevigny, has ever had a winning percentage below .500. In 1954, Texas went 4-5-1, its first losing season in 15 years. As it stands, Brown remains one of the winningest coaches in college football history. Whitaker won one conference championship at Texas, while compiling a 22-3-1 record. Mack Brown is credited with reviving the Texas football program, and has the track record to prove it. Texas fans wanted to see another Darrell Royal, but were not pleased with Akers overall performance. Why is a man with only seven games of college football coaching experience even considered in my list you may ask. Dana X. Bible is in the College Football Hall of Fame and the Longhorn Hall of Honor for a reason. Coach Bible later hired Cherry as an assistant, and groomed him into somebody who could lead the Longhorns to success. News; 2021 Rankings; Archive; Texas Football Today; Awards. The team has had 28 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1893 with the nickname Longhorns, although they played without a head coach in their first season. © Copyright 2020 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. But of course, there is a very important reason why this man is on the list. In his four seasons on the job, Cherry compiled a 32-10-1 record, a .756 winning percentage, and went 2-1 in bowl games. Van Gent led the 1916 Longhorns to their first Southwest Conference championship. From 1957–1976, the legendary coach compiled 167 victories (the most in school history), amassed a .774 winning percentage, led the Longhorns to three national championships, and never had a losing season on the job. Whitaker left the position with an impressive 22-3-1 record and one of the top winning percentages (.865) ever compiled by a Longhorns head coach. Royal won national championships in 1963, 1969 and 1970, and won or shared 11 Southwest Conference championships. The current coach is Tom Herman. Bible was 63-31-3 with the University of Texas, won two postseason games and led the Longhorns three Southwest Conference championships. Wentworth is the first stepping stone in a very rich history of University of Texas football. He has had 20 consecutive winning seasons, 18 consecutive bowl game appearances, posted back-to-back 11-win seasons, nine consecutive 10-win seasons and 10 consecutive nine-win campaigns for the first time in school history, though it must be noted that Texas played a maximum of only 11 games per season up until 1975 and only 12 games per season up until 1995 (including conference championship and bowl game). During his 16 seasons (1998–2013) as the team’s head coach, the Longhorns went 158-48 (.767 winning percentage), finished with nine double-digit win seasons, and went 10-5 in bowl games, including two Rose Bowl wins, a Fiesta Bowl victory, and the 2005 BCS National Championship. Sports Reference; Baseball; Football; Basketball; Hockey; Fuball; Blog ... Texas Longhorns School History. Forget about the last couple of seasons — the Longhorns have a rich tradition of excellence and a history of coaches who have brought pride and success to the university. The official Football Coach List for the University of Texas Permian Basin Falcons "Southwest Athletic Conference: An Inventory of Its Records, 1914-1996 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library", "AFCA Coach of the Year Award - Past Winners", The University of Texas National Championship 2005, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Texas_Longhorns_head_football_coaches&oldid=953867515, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 April 2020, at 13:28. He followed that campaign up with a 6-1-1 record in 1921 and a 7-2 mark in 1922. Texas Longhorns football is Darrell K. Royal. The Longhorns became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the Southwest Conference disbanded. Berry Whitaker is another coach who really helped Texas establish themselves in the NCAA, and take root in football history. He has the best winning percentage of any coach in UT history with a .865 (besides Frank Crawford, who went 5-0 in 1895, and H.R. The 2016 college football season is still going on, yet we can’t help but turn our attention to the impending head-coaching carousel. Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (2008)[8][9]. After Blair Cherry's unexpected resignation, Ed Price, Texas native and former Longhorns player, stepped in as the new head coach at the University of Texas. Wentworth was the first football coach at the University of Texas, and he kept the program running. 3 in 1950. News; Scores; College Power Poll; The Republic of Football; Recruiting. And already, the first — if not the biggest — domino has fallen. Brown led the Longhorns to the national championship in 2005 and was the NCAA Coach of the Year. Thanks to less-than-stellar performances by many of the nation’s big-name programs, top coaching positions are either available for the taking or heading toward a potential vacancy. Texas was an original member of the Southwest Conference, joining in 1915. winningest coaches in college football history. Brown has a .796 winning percentage at Texas. Although, he was nearly unstoppable at Texas, his most impressive coaching season was at Texas A&M, a season in which the team was undefeated, untied and outscored its opposition 275–0, was retroactively named a national champion by the Billingsley Report and the National Championship Foundation. Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1961, 1963)[6] Royal, another College Football Hall-of-Famer, was 184-60-5 at UT, leading the Longhorns to 16 postseason appearances and nine victories. Cherry went 32-10-1 in his stint at Texas, leading the 'Horns to one conference championship, one Sugar Bowl win and one Orange Bowl win.