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Longhorn Legend Darrell K Royal Dies
By Jordan Schraeder
He was the football coach who brought The University of Texas its first-ever national championship—then two more. He was the innovator of the wishbone offense,...
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Oklahoma Boy, Texas Legend
By Jenna Hays McEachern with Edith Royal
Before he became The University of Texas’ winningest coach, Darrell K Royal was a small-town Oklahoma boy. In DKR: The Royal Scrapbook, family friend Jenna Hays McEachern...
Darrell Royal’s Wife Announces Alzheimer’s Research Fund
By Rose Cahalan
Flanked by Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey, Darrell K Royal’s wife, Edith Royal, announced the creation of the Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s...
Darrell K Royal Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
By Rose Cahalan
Former UT head football coach Darrell K Royal received a Lifetime Achievement Award last Friday from the Rise Across Texas Foundation. The Rise Schools are preschools...
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Return of the Mack
By John U. Bacon
Of all the coaches football writer John U. Bacon has studied, none has ever tried what Texas coach Mack Brown is now attempting—turning around a program he’s...