DeLoss Dodds

DeLoss Dodds
Biographical details
Born (1937-08-08) August 8, 1937 (age 87)
Riley, Kansas, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Track
1963–1976Kansas State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1977–1981Kansas State
1981–2013Texas

DeLoss Dodds (born August 8, 1937) is an American university sports administrator who was the sixth men's athletic director of The University of Texas at Austin.[1][2][3][4]

During his tenure as AD from the fall of 1981 to November 2013, Texas won 19 National Championships[5] and 287 conference titles.[6] Dodds announced on October 1, 2013, that he would be retiring in 2014. Dodds became a special assistant to University of Texas President Bill Powers on November 25, 2013.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "DeLoss Dodds UT Athletics Bio". texassports.com. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "Muschamp to succeed Brown as Texas head coach". Austin American-Statesman. Cox Enterprises. November 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  3. ^ "Muschamp to remain at Texas - Assistant coach to remain as Defensive Coordinator and eventually succeed Mack Brown as head coach". MackBrownTexasFootball.com. University of Texas & Host Interactive. November 18, 2008. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  4. ^ Bio Archived 2011-09-23 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2008-09-23
  5. ^ "National Championships". texassports.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  6. ^ "Conference Championships". texassports.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  7. ^ "Steve Patterson Named Texas Men's Athletic Director". The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  8. ^ Haurwitz, Ralph (November 11, 2013). "UT regents approve Steve Patterson as Longhorns' new athletic director". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  9. ^ "Athletics Director Steve Patterson". texassports.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.