Darrell Royal
American football head coach
1924 – 2012
Who was Darrell Royal?
Darrell K Royal was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Texas at Austin, compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5. In his 20 seasons at Texas, Royal's teams won three national championships, 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.
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- Born
- Jul 6, 1924
Hollis - Also known as
- Darrell K Royal
- Parents
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- University of Oklahoma
- Lived in
- Oklahoma
- Died
- Nov 7, 2012
Austin
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on July 23, 2013
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