Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Switzer was born on October 5, 1937, in Crossett, Arkansas, to parents Frank Mays Switzer and Mary Louise Switzer. [4] In early February 1954, Barry and his younger brother Donnie were home in rural Ashley County, Arkansas with their mother and father when it was raided by the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission and the Arkansas State Police, which found untaxed contraband liquor.
The team has had 23 head coaches since organized football began in 1895. The Sooners have played in more than 1,200 games in its 121 seasons. In those seasons, nine coaches have led the Sooners to postseason bowl games: Thomas E. Stidham, Jim Tatum, Bud Wilkinson, Gomer Jones, Chuck Fairbanks, Barry Switzer, Gary Gibbs, Bob Stoops and Lincoln ...
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. — Barry Switzer snuffed out the problem quickly. Getting off the phone with a prized defensive recruit in 1986, the OU football coach confirmed directions to the player ...
In his first season, Riley led the Sooners to 12 wins, besting the 10-win record held by Chuck Fairbanks and Barry Switzer for most victories by a first-year coach in program history. [149] The Sooners entered the playoff against Georgia in the Rose Bowl , losing 54–48 in double overtime.
Texas - Oklahoma brings out former Sooners’ coach Barry Switzer every year, a perfect time for Switer Stories. The secret to Oklahoma’s Barry Switzer’s mystique has always been this ‘super ...
Oklahoma football has absolutely dominated the Big 12 for the better part of a decade now, with six conference championships in a row, dating back to Bob Stoops‘ tenure as head coach. They ...
Three coaches have won Super Bowls with the team: Tom Landry in Super Bowl VI and XII, Jimmy Johnson in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII, and Barry Switzer in Super Bowl XXX. [2] Landry is the team's all-time leader in games coached and wins, and Switzer leads all coaches in regular season winning percentage with .625.
OU and BYU share a brief but bizarre football history. A history that includes a sewage treatment plant named after Barry Switzer, and a history that has BYU on an exclusive list of programs ...