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
I move around and play different golf courses. I just enjoy it.
But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.
I'm not bored; I'm not a guy who has nothing to do.
I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.
There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.
He looks like he needs worming.
I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.
I was still enjoying coaching, but there was a repetitious manner about it.
I was in a profession that received a lot of media.
You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.
The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life.
A boy shows how much he wants to play in the spring, when it's tough, and during two a days, when it's hot and tough.
The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other.
I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play.