Darrell Royal
Darrell Royal
Darrell K Royalwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 July 1924
CityHollis, OK
CountryUnited States of America
Winning coaches must treat mistakes like copperheads in the bedclothes - avoid them with all the energy you can muster.
All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter.
Potential just means you ain't done it yet.
On game day, I'm as nervous as a pig in a packing plant.
He's as quick as a hiccup.
Old ugly is better than old nothin'
The majority of people pull for the underdog. Heck, even your friends don't like you to be too successful. We've lost enough over the years for me to maintain my friendships.
I had hoped God would be neutral.
I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.
My wife, Edith, and I both have good health - and she's been very tolerant.
For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years.
The Texas-OU game is a big revenue bear. And because it's played at a neutral site, you don't have as many student body going as you would if it was home-and-home. These are full-price tickets.
I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again.
I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.