COACHING HISTORY
1
BARRY SWITZER
1973-1988
Oklahoma’s all-time winningest coach, Barry Switzer, led his Sooner teams to three national championships, 12 Big Eight Conference
championships and eight bowl wins in 13 appearances. Switzer led the Sooners on a 28-game win streak from 1973 (his first season as
head coach) to 1975. When the Sooners won the national championship in 1975, it marked the first time in history a team had won backto-back titles more than once. Switzer, also a former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, overcame meager beginnings in a rickety house
in the Arkansas woods to gain his many successes. He graduated from Crosset High with honors and played center and linebacker for the
University of Arkansas. Before coming to Oklahoma as an offensive line coach in 1966, Switzer was a B team coach and scout for the Razorbacks. In
1967, he was named offensive coordinator for the Sooners. In 1970, he convinced Chuck Fairbanks, then OU head coach, to make the most significant and gutsy move in OU’s football history, a switch to the wishbone offense. The only vehicles for learning this novel offense were films of the 196869 OU/Texas games, since Texas was the only school that used the wishbone. This offense saved the career of Fairbanks and his seven assistants
and made possible Oklahoma’s second football dynasty. Switzer resigned as Sooner coach in June of 1989, saying that "coaching was no longer fun."
He stayed out of coaching, despite many offers, until Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, offered him the head coaching position in April of
1994. During the 1994 season, Switzer led the Cowboys to a 13-5 record and the NFC Championship game. In 1995, he led Dallas to a Super Bowl
win over Pittsburgh. He coached the Cowboys through the 1997 season.
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Arkansas
Coached
16 yrs.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
W
157
Pct.
.955
L
29
T
4
Pct.
.837
Year
1973
W
10
L
0
T
1
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
400
133
1974
11
0
0 1.000
473
92
1975
11
1
0
.917
344
154
1976
9
2
1
.792
326
192
1977
10
2
0
.833
411
217
1978
11
1
0
.917
440
151
1979
11
1
0
.917
406
145
1980
10
2
0
.933
396
209
1981
7
4
1
.625
341
193
1982
1983
8
8
4
4
0
0
.666
.666
317
312
203
222
1984
9
2
1
.792
289
136
1985
11
1
0
.917
346
93
1986
11
1
0
.917
466
73
1987
11
1
0
.917
479
82
1988
9
3
0
.750
326
147
OU Pts.
6,093
OU Avg.
32.1
Opp.Pts.
2,425
Opp.Avg.
12.8
Captains
Eddie Foster, Monahans, Texas; Gary Baccus, Brownsfield, Texas;
Tim Welch, Bowie, Texas; Lucious Selmon, Eufala, Okla.
Steve Davis, Sallisaw, Okla.; Kyle Davis, Altus, Okla.; Rod Shoate,
Spiro, Okla.; Randy Hughes, Tulsa, Okla.
Lee Roy Selmon, Eufala, Okla.; Dewey Selmon, Eufala, Okla.; Joe
Washington, Port Arthur, Texas; Steve Davis, Sallisaw, Okla.
Mike Vaughan, Ada, Okla.; Scott Hill, Hurst, Texas; Jerry Anderson,
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Karl Baldischwiler, Okmulgee, Okla.; Zac Henderson, Burkburnett,
Texas; Elvis Peacock, Miami, Fla.
Daryl Hunt, Odessa, Texas; Greg Roberts Nacogdoches, Texas; Phil
Tabor, Houston, Texas; Thomas Lott, San Antonio, Texas
Billy Sims, Hooks, Texas; Darrol Ray, Killeen, Texas; Sherwood
Taylor, Ada, Okla.; George Cumby, Tyler, Texas; Paul Tabor,
Houston, Texas
J.C. Watts, Eufala, Okla.; Richard Turner, Edmond, Okla.; Steve
Rhodes, Dallas, Texas; David Overstreet, Big Sandy, Texas; Louis
Oubre, New Orleans, La.
Terry Crouch, Dallas, Texas; Ed Culver, Tahlequah, Okla.; Johnny
Lewis, Carol City, Fla.
Selected before each game
Rick Bryan, Coweta, Okla.; Scott Case, Edmond, Okla.; Danny
Bradley, Pine Bluff, Ark.; Paul Parker, Tulsa, Okla.
Danny Bradley, Pine Bluff, Ark.; Chuck Thomas, Houston, Texas;
Tony Casillas, Tulsa, Okla.
Tony Casillas, Tulsa, Okla.; Kevin Murphy, Richardson, Texas; Eric
Pope, Seminole, Okla.
Brian Bosworth, Irving, Texas; Steve Bryan, Broken Arrow, Okla.;
Sonny Brown, Alice, Texas; Spencer Tillman, Tulsa, Okla.
Patrick Collins, Tulsa, Okla.; Mark Hutson, Okla.; Danté Jones,
Dallas, Texas; Darrell Reed, Cypress, Texas; David Vicker, Tulsa,
Okla.
Scott Garl, Hominy, Okla.; Jamelle Holieway, Carson, Calif.; Anthony
Phillips, Tulsa, Okla.; Anthony Stafford, St. Louis, Mo.
* Coaches’ order is determined by their Oklahoma career winning percentage.
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COACHING HISTORY
2
BOB STOOPS
1999-
Bob Stoops was introduced as OU’s 21st head coach on Dec. 1, 1998. He inherited a program that had not had a winning season since
1993, had failed to make a bowl appearance since 1994 and was coming off its worst four-year stretch in school history. Four bowl games,
including the first Rose Bowl title in school history, one national championship and 43 victories later, Stoops has restored the Sooner pride
and tradition, while rocketing himself and his program to the pinnacle of college football. In his inaugural campaign, Stoops led the Sooners
to a winning season and a bowl appearance. In just his second season, Oklahoma claimed its seventh national championship, and in his
third year, OU racked up 11 wins, including another in bowl play, while spending 12 weeks ranked among the nation’s top 10. The fourth team spent
the entire campaign ranked among the top 10, won another Big 12 title and snared the Rose Bowl crown. Stoops became just the fourth head coach
to lead OU to a bowl game in his first season, the second to take the Sooners to a bowl in his first two seasons and the first to do it in his first three
years at the helm. He reached his 40th victory in just 48 games. Only Barry Switzer and Bud Wilkinson did so faster at Oklahoma. Stoops’ teams have
earned a reputation for coming up big in the big games. During his tenure, OU is 10-1 against top-10 teams while outscoring those opponents. His
squads also have posted a 23-1 record at home. In OU’s 2000 national championship season, Stoops was named consensus Big 12 Coach of the Year
and national coach of the year by the Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, Chevrolet Walter Camp Foundation, Maxwell Football
Club, Touchdown Club of Columbus and The Football News and won the Paul Bear Bryant Award. In 2002, he was the AFCA’s Co-Region IV Coach
of the Year.
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Iowa
Coached
4 yrs.
W
43
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
358
L
9
T
0
Year
1999
W
7
L
5
Pct.
.583
OU Pts.
405
Opp. Pts.
202
2000
13
0
1.000
468
192
2001
11
2
.846
387
166
2002
12
2
.857
541
216
Pct.
.827
OU Pts.
1,801
OU Avg.
34.6
Opp.Pts.
776
Opp.Avg.
14.9
Captains
Cornelius Burton, Houston, Texas; Josh Heupel, Aberdeen, S.D.;
Matt O’Neal, San Marcos, Calif., Rodney Rideau, Midwest City,
Okla.; Michael Thornton, Dallas, Texas
Bubba Burcham, Mustang, Okla.; Rocky Calmus, Jenks, Okla.; Chris
Hammons, Sulphur, Okla.; Josh Heupel, Aberdeen, S.D.; Seth
Littrell, Muskogee, Okla.; Torrance Marshall, Miami, Fla.
Rocky Calmus, Jenks, Okla.; Josh Norman, Midland, Texas; Frank
Romero, Moore, Okla.; Roy Williams, Union City, Calif.
Quentin Griffin, Humble, Texas; Nate Hybl, Hazlehurst, Ga.;
Teddy Lehman, Fort Gibson, Okla.; Trent Smith, Clinton, Okla.;
Jason White, Tuttle, Okla.; Andre Woolfolk, Denver, Colo.
COACHING HISTORY
3
BUD WILKINSON
1947-1963
While confining OU’s recruiting to a 150-mile radius of the Norman campus, Oklahoma’s 13th football coach produced teams that were 62 in postseason play, won the national championship in 1950, 1955 and 1956 and did not lose an astounding 74 straight conference games
from 1946-1959 (72 wins, 2 ties). He still holds the modern record for wins by a Division I-A school with 47 straight victories from 19531957, a streak that stopped when the Sooners lost to Notre Dame, 7-0. After the 1947 season, the Sooners won 12 straight conference
championships. In 17 seasons at Oklahoma, Wilkinson fostered racial integration and graduated players at an 87.2 percentage rate while
becoming the eighth-winningest coach in Division I-A history. His career began as a player at Minnesota, where he helped the Golden Gophers win two
national championships in football, captained the golf team and was a goaltender in hockey. Wilkinson won the Big Ten Medal of Honor as the outstanding scholar-athlete in 1937. After serving as an assistant at Syracuse where he received his master’s in English Education, Wilkinson coached at
Minnesota and with the Navy’s Pre-Flight School Seahawks. He also served in the Navy during World War II. Upon his return to the states, Wilkinson
decided to give up football and work in his father’s Minneapolis mortgage business. Not long after his decision, Wilkinson’s Navy buddy, Jim Tatum,
Oklahoma’s new head coach, asked him to come to Norman as an assistant coach. Wilkinson accepted and in one year, he was the Oklahoma head
coach and athletic director. In 1964, he resigned from OU and ran for the U.S. Senate as a Republican, but fell short. Wilkinson was an ABC sports
analyst from 1965-77, and from 1979-80, he coached the St. Louis Cardinals. He also served as a consultant to President Nixon and was a member
of the White House Staff from 1969-71. Wilkinson died in 1994 of congestive heart failure at age 77.
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Minnesota
Coached
17 yrs.
W
145
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
W
7
10
11
10
8
8
9
10
11
L
2
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
T
Pct.
1 .750
0 .909
0 1.000
0 .909
0 .800
1 .888
0 .864
0 1.000
0 1.000
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
10
10
10
7
3
5
8
8
0
1
1
3
6
5
3
2
0 1.000
0 .909
0 .909
0 .700
1 .350
0 .500
0 .727
0 .800
L
29
T
4
Pct.
.826
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
194
161
350
121
399
88
352
148
321
97
407
141
293
90
304
60
385
62
466
333
300
234
136
122
267
236
51
89
55
146
158
141
161
137
OU Pts.
5,092
OU Avg.
28.6
Opp.Pts.
1,973
Opp.Avg.
11.1
Captains
Jim Tyree, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Wade Walker, Gastonia, N.C.
Wade Walker, Gastonia, N.C; Homer Paine, Enid, Okla.
Stanley West, Enid, Okla.; Jim Owens, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Harry Moore, Blackwell, Okla.; Norman McNabb, Norman, Okla.
Bert Clark, Wichita Falls, Texas; Jim Weatherall, White Deer, Texas
Eddie Crowder, Muskogee, Okla.; Tom Catlin, Ponca City, Okla.
Larry Grigg, Sherman, Texas; Roger Nelson, Wynnewood, Okla.
Gene Mears, Seminole, Okla.; Gene Calame, Sulphur, Okla.
Bo Bolinger, Muskogee, Okla.; Cecil Morris, Lawton, Okla.; Bob
Loughridge, Poteau, Okla.
Ed Gray, Odessa, Texas; Jerry Tubbs, Breckenridge, Texas
Don Stiller, Shawnee, Okla.; Clendon Thomas, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Joe Rector, Muskogee, Okla.; Bob Harrison, Stamford, Texas
Gilmer Lewis, Wichita Falls, Texas; Bobby Boyd, Garland, Texas
Ronnie Hartline, Lawton, Okla.; Marshall York, Amarillo, Texas
Billy White, Amarillo, Texas
Wayne Lee, Ada, Okla.; Leon Cross, Hobbs, N.M.
John Garrett, Stilwell, Okla.; Larry Vermillion, Chickasha, Okla.
4
Vernon Parrington came to Oklahoma in 1897 after running for office as a member of the Populist political party. After leaving OU, he won
the Pulitzer Prize in 1928 while teaching at the University of Washington with his book Main Currents of Political Thought. He was the first
full-time football coach at OU. He played football as both Emporia College in Kansas and Harvard. He coached primarily the "tackle back"
style which he learned from his Harvard coach, Bernard W. Trafford. Parrington gave up his coaching position in 1901 because it interfered
with his teaching, but he remained as athletic director. He taught English, French and German for the next seven years at OU until he was
fired along with other faculty members, including OU pioneer president, Dr. David Ross Boyd, when the party control of the state government changed.
Parrington then went to Washington. He died suddenly in 1929 in Gloucestershire, England, while taking the first vacation of his life.
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Harvard
Coached
4 yrs.
VERNON PARRINGTON YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
1897-1900
Year
1897
1898
1899
1900
W
2
2
2
3
L
0
0
1
1
W
9
T
Pct.
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 .667
1 .700
L
2
T
1
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
33
8
29
0
61
28
118
28
Pct.
.792
OU Pts.
241
OU Avg.
20.0
Opp.Pts.
64
Opp.Avg.
5.3
Captains
C.C. Roberts, Medford, Okla.
C.C. Roberts, Medford, Okla.
C.C. Roberts, Medford, Okla.
C.C. Roberts, Medford, Okla.
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COACHING HISTORY
5
Oklahoma’s 10th football coach, Tom Stidham posted OU’s most successful record of all time against Texas with only one loss in four years.
His greatest triumph while at OU was his 23-0 demolition in 1939 of Coach Lynn Waldorf’s Northwestern team that was picked to win the
national championship. Stidham was the first Oklahoma coach to defeat Waldorf (both Adrian "Ad" Lindsey and Lewie Hardage had also
tried). Stidham’s 1938 Sooners were undefeated in the regular season and were ranked No. 4 in the AP poll, but lost in the Sooners’ first
bowl appearance, the Orange Bowl, to Tennessee. After OU’s hard-fought loss to the Volunteers, Stidham went back to his hotel room, took
off the gray suit he had worn triumphantly in the 10 games Oklahoma had won and dropped it out the fifth-floor window. He was a native Oklahoman
who grew up in Checotah. Stidham was one-sixteenth Creek Indian. He went to Haskell Indian Institute of Lawrence, Kan., and played football from
1925-26 under Coach Dick Hanley. In 1927, Stidham went to the University of Iowa, but before he gained eligibility, Hanley, who had accepted the
coaching position at Northwestern, asked him to be an assistant coach. He was Northwestern line coach from 1933-34. Captain "Biff" Jones hired
Stidham to coach the Oklahoma line in 1935. When Jones left in 1937, Stidham became the head coach. In his time, Stidham placed more of his
Oklahoma players with professional teams than any other coach. In 1940, 17 Sooners started in pro football and 10 stayed all season.
TOM STIDHAM
1937-1940
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Minnesota
Coached
4 yrs.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1937
1938
1939
1940
W
5
10
6
6
L
2
1
2
3
T
2
0
1
0
W
27
Pct.
.714
.909
.750
.667
L
8
T
3
Pct.
.750
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
98
39
185
29
186
62
121
105
OU Pts.
590
OU Avg.
15.5
Opp.Pts.
235
Opp.Avg.
6.2
Captains
Al Corrotto, Fort Smith, Ark.
Gene Corrotto, Fort Smith, Ark.; Earl Crowder, Cherokee, Okla.
Norval Locke, Ardmore, Okla.
Gus Kitchens, Purcell, Okla.
6
CHUCK FAIRBANKS
1967-1972
6As Oklahoma’s 16th head coach, Chuck Fairbanks won three Big Eight Conference titles (1967, 1972 and a shared title in 1968). He had
24 players earn all-league honors while nine received All-America accolades. Fairbanks also coached the 1969 Heisman Trophy winner,
running back Steve Owens. In bowl games at OU, he posted a 3-1-1 record with the Sooners playing in a pair of Sugar and Astro-Bluebonnet
bowls, and one Orange Bowl. Fairbanks was the first OU coach to use the wishbone formation, a triple option offensive attack that Texas
used on its way to the 1969 national title. The wishbone became the backbone of OU’s offensive dynasty for the next 20 years. In 1973,
Fairbanks left OU to coach in the NFL for the New England Patriots. During his six-year tenure as the Patriots’ head coach, Fairbanks set a club record
with 46 wins. The Patriots also won two division titles in the American Football Conference’s East division (1978 and shared in 1976). In 1978, Colorado
began its battle to get Fairbanks as head coach, despite his four remaining years with the Patriots. After more than three months of legal battles between
the Patriots and Buffaloes, the two factions agreed on a settlement that released Fairbanks from his NFL contract and allowed him to take over the
helm at Colorado. He remained with the Buffaloes for three years. Fairbanks began his coaching career at Ishpeming High School in Michigan. From
there, he went to Arizona State and Houston before coming to OU as a defensive backfield coach in 1966. As a player at Michigan State, Fairbanks
played offensive end on the Spartans’ 1952 national championship team. In 1954, he concluded his playing career by earning a berth in the Blue-Gray
All-Star game.
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Coached
Michigan State
6 yrs.
W
*49
L
18
T
1
Pct.
.728
OU Pts.
2142
OU Avg.
31.5
Opp.Pts.
1136
Opp.Avg.
16.7
*52-15-1 on the field
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
360
Year
1967
1968
1969
W
10
7
6
L
1
4
4
T
0
0
0
Pct.
.909
.636
.600
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
290
92
343
225
285
289
1970
1971
7
11
4
1
1
0
.625
.917
305
534
239
217
1972
8
4
0
.667
385
74
Captains
Bob Kalsu, Del City, Okla.
Bob Warmack, Ada, Okla.; John Titsworth, Heavener, Okla.
Steve Zabel, Thornton, Colo.; Steve Owens, Miami, Okla.;
Jim Files, Fort Smith, Ark.; Ken Mendenhall, Enid, Okla.
Monty Johnson, Amarillo, Texas; Steve Casteel, Garland, Texas
Jack Mildren, Abilene, Texas; Glenn King, Jacksboro, Texas;
Steve Aycock, Midland, Texas
Tom Brahaney, Midland, Texas; Greg Pruitt, Houston, Texas
COACHING HISTORY
7
JIM TATUM
1946
In his only year as OU coach, Jim Tatum devised a massive recruiting effort that took the Sooners to prominence. His venture in the first
year after World War II had never happened before or since because NCAA rules would not permit it and no school could afford it. The
process almost bankrupted OU. Tatum had tryouts, winter practices, spring practices and summer practices. The few rules the NCAA had
in those days were largely ignored by Tatum. In pursuit of building a national powerhouse, he snared many discharged servicemen who
had played at other colleges before the war. Tatum also raided rival campuses, recruited a conventional number of high school seniors and
ran off most of the 1945 players. Estimates on the number of players who tried out ran as high as 600. Oklahoma’s 1946 recruiting class produced nine
All-Americans. In the 1945 coaching search, Oklahoma opted to hire Tatum over Paul "Bear" Bryant. A 32-year-old North Carolina native, Tatum had
served with Jap Haskell, OU athletic director, in the Navy. Tatum was head coach one year at North Carolina before the war and led a Navy team at
Jacksonville. He also was line coach at Iowa Pre-Flight under Missouri’s Don Faurot, inventor of the Split-T offense. Some of the regents were more
impressed with Charles (Bud) Wilkinson, Tatum’s friend who accompanied him on the interview, than Tatum. After the Sooner victory over North
Carolina State in the Gator Bowl, Maryland contacted Tatum and offered a coaching position. OU President Dr. George Cross privately hoped Tatum
would leave so he could elevate Wilkinson. Tatum had become "very difficult to work with," said Cross. Tatum had also spent the athletic department’s
entire surplus of $125,000 before the first game and run up a deficit of $113,000. Tatum did accept the contract with Maryland. From there, he accepted the head coaching position at the University of North Carolina. Tatum died suddenly in 1958 of a mysterious viral infection despite appearing to be
in excellent health.
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Coached
North Carolina
1 yr.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1946
W
8
L
3
T
0
W
8
Pct.
.727
L
3
T
0
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
309
120
Pct.
.727
OU Pts.
309
OU Avg.
28.0
Opp.Pts.
120
Opp.Avg.
10.9
Captains
Jim Tyree, Oklahoma City, Okla.
8
BENNIE OWEN
1905-1926
At 17, Oklahoma’s sixth football coach made part of the famous Cherokee Strip run from the south Kansas border into Oklahoma Indian
territory, making him a true Boomer Sooner. His age prevented acquisition of any land, but his sense of adventure took him four miles into
the territory before turning back, making him a true Okie. Bennie Owen coached Oklahoma for 22 seasons, longer than anyone else in
school history. He began a tradition and a stadium that have endured for almost a century. Before coming to the university, Owen played
and coached under Fielding Yost at Kansas and Michigan, and helped develop Yost’s feared hurry-up offense. In it, Owen, the quarterback,
would yell out signals for the next play on the bottom of the pile up of the preceding play. Although Owen only weighed 126 pounds, he was respected by all as a fierce competitor. Before coming to OU in 1905, Owen coached and taught chemistry at Bethany, Kan., an early football power. Four of
Owen’s Oklahoma teams—1911, 1915, 1918 and 1920—were undefeated. Owen’s first football star at OU was Owen Acton in 1907, a halfback, who
the university recognizes as its first all-conference player. Despite this, the 1907 season was misfortunate for both Owen and Oklahoma athletics. Owen
lost his arm in an October hunting accident which left him out of coaching for the remainder of the season, and the athletic director, Vernon Parrington,
was discharged by the new governor, Charles Haskell, along with all other Republicans at the university. It was not until 1911 that Owen and his players began to get national attention. In 1913, OU’s Claude Reeds was recognized as an All-American. About this time, Owen began to seriously play
around with the forward pass, which had been introduced on a highly restricted basis in 1907, to open up the game. Reeds was the first to make good
use of the pass, but another Sooner All-American, Forest "Spot" Geyer, built a legend with it. At the end of the 1920 season, Owen announced that he
intended to raise $340,000 to build a 30,000-seat stadium, with an eventual expansion to 52,000 seats, and a 5,000-seat gymnasium. By 1928, Owen’s
vision resulted in Memorial Stadium circling Owen Field, as well as the OU Field House. Owen coached six more years after 1920 before becoming
solely athletic director. In 1950, Owen was one of 21 coaches to be elected to football’s first National Hall of Fame.
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Kansas
Coached
22 yrs.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
W
7
5
4
8
6
4
8
5
6
9
10
6
6
6
5
6
5
2
3
2
4
5
L
2
2
4
1
4
2
0
4
2
1
0
5
4
0
2
0
3
3
5
5
3
2
W
122
T
Pct.
0 .777
2 .667
0 .500
1 .850
0 .600
1 .643
0 1.000
0 .555
0 .750
1 .864
0 1.000
0 .545
1 .591
0 1.000
3 .650
1 .929
0 .625
3 .438
0 .375
1 .313
1 .563
1 .688
L
54
T
16
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
229
55
124
36
181
75
272
35
202
110
163
31
282
15
197
80
323
44
440
96
370
54
472
115
451
103
278
7
275
63
176
51
127
102
64
114
144
111
28
80
93
44
137
52
Pct.
.693
OU Pts.
5132
OU Avg.
26.5
Opp.Pts.
1426
Opp.Avg.
7.3
Captains
Byron McCreary, Norman, Okla.
James Monnett, Yale, Okla.
Bill Cross, Kingfisher, Okla.
Key Wolf, Davis, Okla.
Charlie Armstrong, Kingfisher, Okla.
Cleve Thompson, Erick, Okla.
Fred Capshaw, Norman, Okla.
Glenn Clark, Comanche, Okla.
Hubert Ambrister, Norman, Okla.
Billy Clark, Comanche, Okla.
Forest Geyer, Norman, Okla.
Homer Montgomery, Muskogee, Okla.
Frank McCain, Ada, Okla.
Hugh McDermott, Duncan, Okla.
Erl Deacon, Tecumseh, Okla.
Dewey Luster, Chickasha, Okla.
Lawrence Haskell, Anadarko, Okla.
Howard Marsh, Madill, Okla.
Pete Hammert, Anadarko, Okla.
Obie Bristow, Ardmore, Okla.
Eddie Brockman, Tulsa, Okla.
Pollack Wallace, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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COACHING HISTORY
9
During his six seasons as the Sooners’ head coach, Gary Gibbs led the football program through some of the toughest times in recent history. He took the helm in the summer of 1989 after Barry Switzer resigned. The Sooners began a probation term during that same period.
In his first three seasons, the Sooners continued their pattern of success with the team making its first trip to a bowl game in two years.
Oklahoma defeated Virginia at the 1991 Gator Bowl, 48-14. The full effects of probation finally caught up with the Sooners in 1992 as they
compiled a 5-4-2 record. In 1993, Oklahoma defeated Texas for the first time in the Gibbs era, 38-17, as well as Texas A&M. The Sooners
faced Texas Tech in the John Hancock Bowl, beating the Red Raiders 41-10. Gibbs started as a linebacker on Oklahoma’s 1974 national championship
squad and graduated from OU in 1975. Before deciding to join the OU coaching staff in 1975, Gibbs signed with the New England Patriots as a free
agent. In 1981, Gibbs was named the Oklahoma defensive coordinator. Under his direction, OU defenders led the nation in total defense three straight
years (1985-87) and twice finished first in rushing defense (1986 and 1987). Gibbs also helped the Sooners win a national championship in 1985.
COMPOSITE RECORD
GARY GIBBS
1989-94
Alma Mater
Oklahoma
Coached
6 yrs.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
W
44
L
23
T
2
Pct.
.652
Year
1989
W
7
L
4
T
0
Pct.
.636
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
380
200
1990
8
3
0
.727
401
174
1991
9
3
0
.750
335
143
1992
5
4
2
.545
271
196
1993
9
3
0
.750
406
145
1994
6
6
0
.500
225
238
OU Pts.
2018
OU Avg.
30.1
Opp.Pts.
1096
Opp.Avg.
16.4
Captains
Scott Evans, Edmond, Okla.; Ken McMichael, Indianapolis, Ind.;
Leon Perry, Miami, Fla.; Kevin Thompson, Houston, Texas; Mark
VanKeirsbilck, Shawnee, Okla.
Scott Evans, Edmond, Okla.; Larry Medice, Gretna, La.; Mike
Sawatzky, Weatherford, Okla.; Chris Wilson, Richardson, Texas
Jason Belser, Kansas City, Mo.; Joe Bowden, Mesquite, Texas;
Brandon Houston, Abernathy, Texas; Mike McKinley, Perryton,
Texas; Randy Wilson, Midwest City, Okla.; Chris Wilson, Richardson,
Texas
Reggie Barnes, Grand Prairie, Texas; Cale Gundy, Midwest City,
Okla.; Kenyon Rasheed, Kansas City, Mo.; Darnell Walker, St. Louis,
Mo.
Cale Gundy, Midwest City, Okla.; Aubrey Beavers, Houston, Texas;
Corey Warren, Houston, Texas; Mike Coats, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Garrick McGee, Tulsa, Okla.; Albert Hall, Bay City, Texas; John
Anderson, Sugarland, Texas; Darrius Johnson, Terrell, Texas
10
Fred Roberts first came to Norman in 1899 at the insistence of C.C. "Lum" Roberts, his cousin, who was then captain of the Sooner
football team. Oklahoma’s third football coach was a halfback who could both dodge and smash dangerously. When the 1899 OU
team beat Arkansas, Roberts scored both Oklahoma touchdowns. In the final game of the that same season against the Arkansas
City, Kan., Town Team, Roberts ran 70 yards off tackle for a touchdown. In 1900, Roberts left OU to play halfback for Bennie Owen
at Washburn College of Topeka. When Vernon Parrington relinquished his coaching duties in 1901, Roberts was persuaded to return
to Oklahoma to coach the team as well as play on it. In the Texas game at Austin, Roberts played so well that The Dallas Morning News said, "Roberts
of OU played one of the prettiest individual games ever seen in this city." Against Fairmont, Roberts kicked seven field goals out of seven tries. He
gained the reputation of being the outstanding halfback of the southwest. Roberts had to refuse the coaching job in 1902 because of increasing duties
on his farm. He still returned from his farm to play for Oklahoma occasionally under Coach McMahon when the team needed him. In OU’s final game
of the 1903 season versus the previously undefeated Lawton Town Team, Roberts led Oklahoma over its opponent, 27-5.
FRED ROBERTS
1901
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Oklahoma
Coached
1 yr.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1901
362
W
3
L
2
T
0
W
3
Pct.
.600
L
2
T
0
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
93
29
Pct.
.600
OU Pts.
93
OU Avg.
18.6
Captains
Ray Crowe, Deer Creek, Okla.
Opp.Pts.
29
Opp.Avg.
5.8
COACHING HISTORY
11
After finishing his first season as the head coach at Oklahoma, 37-year-old Jim Mackenzie died from a massive heart attack. In his
only season at OU, his Sooners finished 6-4, but missed being 9-1 by only 10 points. Mackenzie’s team upset two bowl teams, Texas
and Nebraska, and he was named the 1966 Big Eight coach of the year by both AP and UPI. Mackenzie came to Oklahoma in
December 1965, after spending nine years as assistant to Frank Broyles. Mackenzie was with Broyles for one year at Missouri as
well as eight years at Arkansas. Mackenzie built great defenses for the Razorbacks, and in 1964, Broyles named Mackenzie assistant head coach. Oklahoma’s 15th head coach was an All-Southeastern Conference tackle under Coach Bear Bryant at Kentucky. Kentucky compiled
a 28-3 record and went to a bowl every season Mackenzie played. The Wildcats also upset Oklahoma’s 1950 national champions, 13-7, in the 1951
Sugar Bowl. Mackenzie left an outline for Oklahoma’s success in "The Winning Edge," a list of 20 principles Mackenzie believed held the keys to success in both football and life.
COMPOSITE RECORD
JIM MACKENZIE
1966
Alma Mater
Kentucky
Coached
1 yr.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1966
W
6
L
4
T
0
W
6
Pct.
.600
L
4
T
0
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
192
122
Pct.
.600
OU Pts.
192
OU Avg.
19.2
Opp.Pts.
122
Opp.Avg.
12.2
Captains
Ed Hall, Eden, Texas; Jim Riley, Enid, Okla.
12
Captain and left tackle of the 1901 University of Texas team, Mark McMahon heard of Oklahoma’s head coaching vacancy after the
Texas and Pacific Railroad team of Dallas, composed of ex-college players like himself, defeated Oklahoma 11-5. That game marked
the first time an Oklahoma football team ever played at the Texas State Fair. McMahon, who just graduated from UT Law School,
asked for the coaching job to pay back his school expenses. He was hired under the condition that he would teach the OU team the
wing shift, the trick play the Dallas team used to defeat the Sooners. McMahon’s style was a mixture of the popular Princeton vogue
he had learned at Austin combined with some moves he learned from the coach of the Dallas team, Charley Moran. He stressed line play and introduced the first tackling dummy in Norman. McMahon was known to suit up and throw some tackles if the team needed him. He liked long, hard schedules and because of that, the 1903 team played more games on the road than any OU team before or since. Of the 12 games in two months, only two
were played in Norman. After repaying his law school debts, McMahon moved to Durant in the winter of 1903 to practice law.
COMPOSITE RECORD
MARK MCMAHON
1902-1903
Alma Mater
Texas
Coached
2 yrs.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1902
1903
W
6
5
L
3
4
T
0
3
W
11
Pct.
.667
.542
L
7
T
0
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
175
60
126
85
Pct.
.595
OU Pts.
301
OU Avg.
14.3
Opp.Pts.
145
Opp.Avg.
6.9
Captains
Clyde Bogle, Norman, Okla.
Clyde Bogle, Norman, Okla.
363
COACHING HISTORY
13
At 5-foot-4, 135 pounds, Dewey "Snorter" Luster made a mark at his alma mater as the football and boxing coach. He piloted
Oklahoma football to Big Six Conference titles in 1943 and 1944, and his team never finished below second place in the Big Six.
Because of ill health, Luster missed several practices and the final game of the season against Oklahoma A&M in 1945. He
resigned after that season. Luster lettered four years as a football player at OU. He was a starting end his last two years and team
captain of the undefeated 1920 team (6-0-1) his senior year. Luster organized the Sooners’ first wrestling team in 1920 while he
was still an undergraduate. At that time, he also installed a boxing program at the university, which was winless in two meets. Thirty-six years later in
1956, Luster’s boxing team placed sixth in the NCAA Championships. The sport was discontinued after that season. Luster got his nickname because
he snorted so much as an amateur boxer. He decided he did not want a boxing career after fighting professional Mutt McGee for 10 rounds when Luster
was only 15 years old. Before coaching at OU, Luster coached football at Norman High School. In 1922, he received his law degree from Oklahoma.
Luster died at age 81 in his Norman home.
DEWEY “SNORTER”
LUSTER
1941-1945
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Oklahoma
Coached
5 yrs.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
W
27
Year
1941
W
6
L
3
T
0
Pct.
.667
1942
1943
1944
1945
3
7
6
5
5
2
3
5
2
0
1
0
.400
.778
.650
.500
L
18
T
3
Pct.
.594
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
218
95
135
187
227
169
78
92
149
138
OU Pts.
936
OU Avg.
19.5
Opp.Pts.
552
Opp.Avg.
11.5
Captains
Orville Mathews, Chickasha, Okla.; Roger Eason, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
Bill Campbell, Pawhuska, Okla.; W.G. "Dub" Lamb, Ardmore, Okla.
W.C. "Dub" Wooten, Amarillo, Texas; Bob Brumley, Edinburg, Texas
W.C. "Dub" Wooten, Amarillo, Texas; Bob Mayfield, Norman, Okla
Omer Burgert, Enid, Okla.
14
Oklahoma’s ninth football coach, Lawrence "Biff" Jones had also served as head coach at Army for four years (1926-29) and at
Louisiana State for three years (1932-35). He left Oklahoma originally because the Army decided to transfer him to Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., but an offer to head the Nebraska football team prompted Jones to resign from the Army and travel to Lincoln.
During his 19-month tenure at OU, he rebuilt the athletic training department by adding whirlpool baths and needle showers and
organized the equipment department to save thousands of dollars. He installed the Warner system of single and double wingbacking, a 1-9-1 shift, and strengthened the faulty Sooner running game. At the end of Jones’ first season, the Sooners rushed 1,748 yards, nearly 200
yards per game, while permitting the opponents only 873 yards. At Nebraska, Jones led the team to two Big Six titles in four years. He coached the
’Huskers from 1937-40. In 1937, Nebraska was ranked 11th in the country and in 1940, NU was ranked seventh in the country.
COMPOSITE RECORD
LAWRENCE “BIFF”
JONES
1935-1936
Alma Mater
Army
Coached
2 yrs
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1935
1936
W
6
3
L
3
3
T
0
3
W
9
Pct.
.667
.500
L
6
T
3
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
99
44
84
67
Pct.
.583
OU Pts.
183
OU Avg.
10.1
Opp.Pts.
111
Opp.Avg.
6.3
Captains
Morris McDannald, Electra, Texas
Connie Ahrens, Oklahoma City, Okla.
15
Oklahoma’s fifth football coach, Fred Ewing was hired to coach the Sooners for the 1904 season, through Thanksgiving Day. To
coach, Ewing took an extended vacation from the University of Chicago Medical School. At Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois,
Ewing had been rated as the greatest Knox tackle of all time. He became the first Oklahoma coach to insist on using only scholastically eligible varsity players. Despite the fact that Ewing was only one year removed from his collegiate football career and that
Roberts and McMahon, the two Oklahoma coaches before him, had played, he never participated in any of Oklahoma’s varsity
games. Ewing regularly used the Minnesota Shift, a formation in which on nearly every play, one offensive tackle was set behind the other offensive
tackle and carried the ball or blocked. The 1904 season marked the first meeting between Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M. Ewing’s team defeated the
Aggies, 75-0. One week later, Oklahoma faced Texas for the first game of the long series at the Texas State Fair in Dallas. Texas won, 50-10. Ewing
devised a system of strapping strained ankles with adhesive tape that was years ahead of its time. The system got varsity players with injured ankles
back into action quickly. The day after the Thanksgiving game, Ewing returned to medical school in Chicago.
FRED EWING
1904
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Knox
Coached
1 yr
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1904
364
W
4
L
3
T
1
W
4
Pct.
.563
L
3
T
1
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
204
90
Pct.
.563
OU Pts.
204
OU Avg.
25.5
Captains
Byron McCreary, Norman, Okla.
Opp.Pts.
90
Opp.Avg.
11.2
COACHING HISTORY
16
Oklahoma’s seventh football coach, Adrian "Ad" Lindsey, is remembered as the coach who resigned quietly after failing to produce
a winning team. Lindsey’s record (19-19-6) was not that bad, however. His players were small in size and number and the schedules they faced were too difficult for such a small squad. Lindsey’s 1929 team defeated Nebraska, 20-7, marking the worst defeat
the Cornhuskers saw from a Big Six team in two decades. In 1931, he took his team and defeated the University of Hawaii in Hawaii,
7-0. This game marked the first time a university from the midwest was asked to play in the islands. Before coming to Oklahoma,
Lindsey was an assistant football coach at Kansas, his alma mater. After his coaching tenure with the Sooners, Lindsey returned to KU as the head
football coach until 1938. He also played professional baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1921 to 1925 and in Montreal for the Canadian League
from 1925 to 1927. Lindsey fought with the Army in World War II and retired as a colonel in 1954. He died at age 85 in 1980.
COMPOSITE RECORD
ADRIAN “AD”
LINDSEY
1927-1931
Alma Mater
Kansas
Coached
5 yrs
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
W
3
5
3
4
4
L
3
3
3
3
7
T
2
0
2
1
1
W
19
Pct.
.500
.625
.500
.563
.375
L
19
T
6
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
122
101
120
88
81
81
100
57
88
108
Pct.
.500
OU Pts.
511
OU Avg.
12.1
Opp.Pts.
435
Opp.Avg.
10.3
Captains
Granville Norris, Laverne, Okla.
Bill Hamilton, Ardmore, Okla.
Frank Crider, Durant, Okla.
Bob Fields, Ponca City, Okla.
Guy Warren, Norman, Okla.
17
Despite arriving at the University of Oklahoma with a career record that was less than .500, Howard Schnellenberger was highly touted and respected by his peers across the country. Schnellenberger had directed the Miami Hurricanes to a national championship
in 1983 after only five years at the helm, and brought perennial loser Louisville to respectability, guiding the Cardinals to bowl victories over football powers Alabama and Michigan State during his 10 years as head coach. Schnellenberger attended the University
of Kentucky where he was an All-American end, then went on to play two years in the Canadian Football League. After serving as
an assistant at Kentucky, Alabama and the Miami Dolphins, Schnellenberger was named the head coach of the Baltimore Colts in 1973, and after two
years in Baltimore, was the offensive coordinator of the 17-0 Super Bowl Champion Miami Dolphins. After his lengthy tenures at the University of Miami
and the University of Louisville, Schnellenberger lasted only one year as the coach of the Sooners. Still, he renewed fan interest in the program, shown
by the sellout (two) and near sellout home games. His lone Sooner team finished 5-5-1, keeping the non-losing season string alive at 30.
COMPOSITE RECORD
HOWARD
SCHNELL ENBERGER
1995
Alma Mater
Kentucky
Coached
1 yr
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1995
W
5
L
5
T
1
W
5
Pct.
.500
L
5
T
1
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
233
275
Pct.
.500
OU Pts.
233
OU Avg.
21.2
Opp.Pts.
275
Opp.Avg.
25.0
Captains
Changed game to game
18
The backfield coach for Vanderbilt before accepting the head coaching position at Oklahoma in 1932, Lewie Hardage played football as well as baseball for the Commodores. During his tenure at OU, he developed a lightweight football uniform consisting of
foamed rubber head gear, knee pads and shin guards along with pants that ended three inches above the knee. This gear weighed
approximately eight pounds, half of what the old style had weighed. He also built OU’s fastest all-weather football field in his time.
Only 12 players attended spring practice in 1932, but running back Bill Pansze kept the Sooners up 3-0 for the first half of the season. A knee injury in the Texas game took Pansze out for the remainder of the season and severely slowed the OU running game. "The same wolves
who had harassed Ad Lindsey, began to yip at Hardage’s heels" because of the Sooners’ poor running and blocking. Hardage was fired in 1934. He
then became the backfield coach at the University of Florida. Hardage later married and moved to a farm in Mississippi.
COMPOSITE RECORD
L EWIE HARDAGE
1932-34
Alma Mater
Vanderbilt
Coached
3 yrs
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1932
1933
1934
W
4
4
3
L
4
4
4
T
1
1
2
W
11
Pct.
.500
.500
.444
L
12
T
4
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
90
81
83
70
64
43
Pct.
.481
OU Pts.
237
OU Avg.
8.7
Opp.Pts.
194
Opp.Avg.
7.1
Captains
Paul Young, Norman, Okla.
Bill Pansze, Fort Smith, Ark.
Art Pansze, Fort Smith, Ark.
365
COACHING HISTORY
19
GOMER JONES
1964-1965
Gomer Jones was the Oklahoma line coach for 17 years under Bud Wilkinson. He assumed the athletic director and head coaching
duties in 1964. In 1965, Jones resigned as head football coach, but remained as athletic director until his death in 1971. He joined
the OU staff in 1947 after being a line coach at the University of Nebraska. Jones developed 16 All-American interior linemen while
he was line coach at OU as well as two other All-Americans while he was head coach. He helped to develop nine Oklahoma bowl
teams, 14 Oklahoma teams that won conference championships and three teams that won national championships. Jones graduated from Ohio State in 1935. While there, the 220-pound center was a first team All-American. After graduation, he played professional football with the
Cleveland Rams. In 1937, he began his coaching career as freshman football and basketball coach at John Carroll University. From 1938-1940, Jones
was assistant line coach at Ohio State, then in 1941-1942, Jones coached high school football in Ohio. Before going to Nebraska in 1946, he served
in the Navy as line coach at St. Mary’s Pre-Flight school. Jones’ final coaching endeavor was termed "brilliant" as he coached the line of the West team
that upset the favored East 22-7 in the 1965 Shrine game. That line paved the way as the West outrushed the East 208-70 net yards. Jones authored
two books, Modern Defensive Football and Offensive and Defensive Line Play. He collapsed and died in a New York City subway station while accompanying the Oklahoma basketball team during the 1971 National Invitation Tournament.
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Ohio State
Coached
2 yrs
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1964
1965
W
6
3
20
L
4
7
T
1
0
Coached
3 yrs
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
JOHN BLAKE
1996-1998
Year
1996
1997
1998
W
3
4
5
Pct.
.591
.300
L
11
T
1
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
207
170
106
150
Pct.
.452
OU Pts.
294
OU Avg.
14.7
Opp.Pts.
284
Opp.Avg.
14.2
Captains
Newt Burton, Springfield, Mo.; John Garrett, Stilwell, Okla.
Mike Ringer, Pauls Valley, Okla.; Carl McAdams, White Deer, Texas
John Blake was a four-time letterwinner at noseguard for the Sooners under Barry Switzer. He served as the defensive line coach
from 1989-92 under Gary Gibbs and under Switzer with the Dallas Cowboys before taking the head coaching job at Oklahoma.
Blake was named OU’s 20th head coach Dec. 31, 1995, and led the Sooners through three seasons. One of the youngest coaches in college football, Blake led OU to victory over Texas in the first Big 12 overtime game, 30-27, in 1996.
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
Oklahoma
W
9
L
8
8
6
T
0
0
0
W
12
Pct.
.273
.333
.455
L
22
T
0
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
255
392
232
379
184
229
Pct.
.353
OU Pts.
671
OU Avg.
19.7
Opp.Pts.
1000
Opp.Avg.
29.4
Captains
Selected before each game
Selected before each game
Selected before each game
21
John Harts proposed, recruited and doctored the university’s first football team in Bud Risinger’s Norman barber shop. He had arrived
for the fall term in 1895 to attend school and teach a class in elocution. Harts could kick farther than anyone else on the team.
Because of his athletic ability and popularity, he was elected captain as well as coach. Harts had played collegiately at Southwestern
College in Winfield, Kan., before coming to Norman. Before the first game, he jerked a knee tendon while making a flying tackle in
practice and was unable to play. Harts realized that he lacked two players for the game so he enlisted the town’s barber and a horse
driver. This first team never scored a point or made a first down. The university’s longest gain came on the team’s first play when Bert Dunn returned
a kickoff for 50 yards. Shortly after that game, Harts left school to prospect for gold in the Arctic.
COMPOSITE RECORD
Alma Mater
SW Kansas
JOHN HARTS
1895
366
Coached
1 yr
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD
Year
1895
W
0
L
1
T
0
W
0
Pct.
.000
L
1
T
0
OU Pts. Opp. Pts.
0
34
Pct.
.000
OU Pts.
0
OU Avg.
0.0
Captains
John A. Harts, Winfield, Kan.
Opp.Pts.
34
Opp.Avg.
34.0
ASSISTANT COACHES
Name, alma mater, years on OU coaching staff
Jonathan Hayes
Iowa
TE’s/Special Teams
1999-02
1964-65
Tom Hayes
Iowa
Defensive Coord.
1991-94
1952
Jim Helms
Texas
Offensive Line
1973-77
Carl Allison
OKLAHOMA
Scouting
Dee Andros
OKLAHOMA
Line
Dale Arbuckle
-
Freshmen/Asst.
1941-44
Brewster Hobby
OKLAHOMA
Recruiting/Scouting
1964-65
Jack Baer
-
Scout
1941-42
Gene Hochevar
Colorado State
Offensive Line
1969-77
George Barlow Jr.
Marshall
OLB-Strong Safety
Danny Hope
Eastern Kentucky
Offensive Line
1995
Johnny Barr
OKLAHOMA
Linebackers
1991-94
Frank "Pop" Ivy
OKLAHOMA
Ends
1947-52
Steve Barrett
OKLAHOMA
Defense/Scouting
1973-76
John Jacobs
OKLAHOMA
Assistant
1923-30
Phil Bennett
Texas A&M
Secondary
Pat James
Kentucky
Assistant Head
1966-69
Bob Blaik
Army
Defense
1959-60
Clarence James
Langston
Receivers
1992-98
John Blake
OKLAHOMA
Defensive Line
1989-92
Bill Jennings
OKLAHOMA
Running Backs
1947-53
Donnie Boyce
Texas Western
Offensive Line
1967-70
Don Jimerson
Central Oklahoma
Receivers
1967-76
Mack Brown
Florida State
Offensive Coordinator
1984
Jimmy Johnson
Arkansas
Defensive Line
1970-72
Watson Brown
Vanderbilt
Offensive Coordinator
1993-94
Denver Johnson
Tulsa
Offensive Line
1996-97
Mike Clopton
OKLAHOMA
Administrative Assistant 1997-98
Larry Coker
Northeast Oklahoma
Offensive Coordinator
1990-92
Bob Cornell
OKLAHOMA
Running Backs
1963-65
Frank Crider
-
Freshman
1941
Leon Cross
OKLAHOMA
Recruiting
1966-71
Eddie Crowder
OKLAHOMA
Recruiting
1956-62
Jim Dickey
Houston
Defensive Backs
1969-72
George Dickson
Notre Dame
Defensive Backs
1962-63
Joe Dickinson
East Central
RB’s/Offensive Coor.
1996-98
Jim Donnan
N.C. State
Offensive Coordinator
1985-89
Bruce Drake
-
Assistant
Donnie Duncan
Austin College
Running Backs
1973-77
Pete Elliot
Michigan
Running Backs
1950-55
Robert "Doc" Erskine
-
Scout
1935-39
Chuck Fairbanks
Michigan State
Defensive Backs
Rudy Feldman
UCLA
Scouting
William "Dutch" Fehring
-
1947
Chet Franklin
Utah
Recruiting
1961-62
Gary Gibbs
OKLAHOMA
Def. Coord./LB’s
1975-88
Joe Granato
Del Mar College
Defense/Recruiting
1971-72
Billy Gray
Arkansas
Defensive Backs
1966-69
Cale Gundy
OKLAHOMA
Running Backs
Galen Hall
Penn State
Offensive Coordinator
Bill Hamilton
-
Assistant Head
Walter Hargsheimer
-
Assistant
1944-47
Warren Harper
Austin College
Admin. Asst./LB’s
1968-81
Lawrence "Jap" Haskell
OKLAHOMA
Line
1927-40
Dick Heatly
OKLAHOMA
Scouting/Recruiting
1964-65
Scott Hill
OKLAHOMA
Off. Backs/Recruiting
1977-88
1998
1998
1944
1966
1958-62
-
19991966-83
1929
Merv Johnson
Missouri
Asst. Head/ Offensive Line/TE’s/Director of Football Operations
1979-
Gomer Jones
Ohio State
Assistant Head
1947-62
Mike Jones
Central Oklahoma
RB’s/Receivers
1978-94
Paul Keen
-
Freshmen
Bobby Drake Keith
Texas A&M
Recruiting/Defense
Larry Lacewell
Arkansas A&M
Def. Coord./Asst. Head 1966-77
Chuck Langston
OKLAHOMA
TE’s/Defensive Line
Mike Leach
Brigham Young
Offensive Coordinator
Chuck Lester
OKLAHOMA
Linebackers
Chuck Long
Iowa
Off.Coord./QB’s,
Dewey "Snorter" Luster
OKLAHOMA
RB’s/Asst.
Sam Lyle
Louisiana State
Scout
1953-57
George Lynn
Ohio State
Running Backs
1949-50
Mark Mangino
Youngstown State
Off. Coord./OL
1999-2001
Hugh McDermott
OKLAHOMA
Scout
1921-44
Pete McGinnis
Jacksonville State
LB’s/Sp. Teams-TE’s
1996-98
Bill Michael
Arkansas
Offensive Line
1967-72
Frank "Speck" Moore
-
End
1935-37
Wendell Mosely
Texas Southern
RB’s
1972-75, 1979-81
Ray Nagel
UCLA
Running Backs
1954
Gary Nord
Louisville
Offensive Coordinator
1995
Grant Norris
-
Freshmen
1929
Rex Norris
East Texas State
Asst. Head/DL
1973-83
Charley North
Panhandle State
TE’s/Special Teams
1979-94
Carl Nystrom
Michigan State
Offensive Line
1967-68
Gerald O’Dell
Southeastern State
Defensive Line
1975-77
Jay O’Neal
OKLAHOMA
Recruiting
1960-65
Pat Page
-
Freshmen
1935
1929
1963-65
1997-98
1999
1982-84
2000-
1931, 1937-40
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ASSISTANT COACHES
Jerry Pettibone
OKLAHOMA
Recruiting
1971-77
John Tenuta
Virginia
Defensive Backs
1995
Sam Pittman
Pittsburg State
Offensive Line
1997-98
Keith Thomas
State College of NY
Running Backs
1998
Kenith Pope
OKLAHOMA
Defensive Ends
1995-97
Jerry Thompson
OKLAHOMA
Scouting
1963-65
Bobby Proctor
Arkansas
Defensive Backs
1973-91
Chris Thurmond
Tulsa
Secondary
1996-97
Joe Rector
OKLAHOMA
Scouting/Recruiting
1964-65
Orville Tuttle
-
Line
1942
Claude Reeds
OKLAHOMA
Assistant
1927
Christ Vagotis
Alabama
Defensive Line
1995
Homer Rice
Centre College
Offensive Coordinator
1966
Kurt Van Valkenburgh
Springfield College
Defensive Coordinator
1995
J.D. Roberts
OKLAHOMA
Assistant
1958-59
Brent Venables
Kansas State
Co.-Def.Coor./LB’s
1999-
John "Bo" Rowland
-
Line
1932-34
Bob Ward
Maryland
Running Backs
1960-62
Clive Rush
Miami, Ohio
Special Team
1958-59
Bob Warmack
OKLAHOMA
Freshmen
1970-71
Rex Ryan
SW Oklahoma
Defensive Coordinator
Guy Warren
OKLAHOMA
Scout
1943
Charlie Sadler
NE Oklahoma
Def. Coord./ Line 1978, 1984-90
Kevin Wilson
North Carolina
Offensive Line
2002
Lucious Selmon
OKLAHOMA
OLB/Defensive Line
1976-94
Dick Winder
Utah State
Offensive Coordinator
1996-97
Derrick Shepard
OKLAHOMA
Def. Grad. Assistant
1998
Kevin Wolthausen
Humbolt State
Defensive Line
1993-94
Bill Shimek
Arkansas State
Defensive Line
1973-82
Bobby Jack Wright
SW Texas State
Defensive Ends
1999-
Jackie Shipp
OKLAHOMA
Defensive Line
1999-
Darrell Wyatt
Kansas State
Receivers
2002-
Steve Spurrier
Duke
Wide Receivers
Bill Young
Oklahoma State
Defensive Coordinator 1996-97
Tom Stidham
-
Line
Paul Young
-
Freshmen
Mike Stoops
Iowa
Co.-Def.Coord./DB’s
1999-
Ted Youngling
Cornell
Line
Kevin Sumlin
Purdue
Tight Ends
2003-
Craig Swabek
Louisville
Running Backs
1995
Barry Switzer
Arkansas
Assistant Head
1966-72
Sherwood Taylor
OKLAHOMA
Defensive Backs
1981-83
1998
1999-2001
1935-36
1935
1955-57
The 1971 OU Coaching Staff (top row - left to right): Gene Hochever, Don Jimerson, Leon Cross, Jerry Pettibone and Bobby Warmack.
(Bottom row - left to right): Barry Switzer, Jim Dickey, Galen Hall, Don Boyce, Chuck Fairbanks, Warren Harper, Larry Lacewell, Jimmy Johnson, Bill Michael.
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