Darrell Royal

Darrell Royal
Royal in 1966
Biographical details
Born(1924-07-06)July 6, 1924
Hollis, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedNovember 7, 2012(2012-11-07) (aged 88)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1946–1949Oklahoma
Position(s)Quarterback, defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950NC State (assistant)
1951Tulsa (assistant)
1952Mississippi State (off. backs)
1953Edmonton Eskimos
1954–1955Mississippi State
1956Washington
1957–1976Texas
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1962–1980Texas
Head coaching record
Overall184–60–5 (college)
Bowls8–7–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 3 national (1963, 1969, 1970)
  • 11 SWC (1959, 1961–1963, 1968–1973, 1975)
Awards
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1983 (profile)

Darrell K Royal (July 6, 1924 – November 7, 2012) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State University (1954–1955), the University of Washington (1956), and the University of Texas (1957–1976), compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5. In his 20 seasons at Texas, Royal's teams won three national championships (1963, 1969, and 1970), 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 (CFL) for one season in 1953. He never had a losing season as a head coach for his entire career. Royal was an All-American at the University of Oklahoma, where he played football from 1946 to 1949. He 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.