Edith Royal, the widow of Texas’ iconic coach Darrell Royal and was as instrumental in the Longhorns’ rise to prominence in the 1960s and ‘70s as her husband, passed away Monday, her grandson said.

When Edith Thomason met Darrell Royal, he wasn't yet a football star. He hadn't yet served in the Army. And he wasn't a legendary Texas coach. Darrell was just an Oklahoma teenager who lived with his ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Darrell K Royal, the former Texas football coach known as much for his folksy, simplistic approach to life as for his creative wishbone offenses and two outright national ...

In 1957, Oklahoma lost its record 47-game winning streak. It’s a record that has never been broken. That same season the University of Texas had hired Darrell Royal as head coach. He wasn’t exactly an ...

AUSTIN, TX – This metropolitan city is also the state capital of Texas, a music center, like Athens, Ga., and the home of the Longhorns’ football team which now competes in the Southeastern Conference ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A son of Depression-era Oklahoma, Darrell Royal came to Texas to take over a sleeping giant of a football program. Over 20 years, his folksy approach to sports and life, his inventive ...

His University of Texas teams won three national championships in the '60s. The coach was also famous for creating the Wishbone offense and for... Darrell Royal, who coached the University of Texas ...

Kirk Bohls is currently in Augusta, Ga. following Jordan Spieth to see if he can claim back-to-back Masters titles. On Tuesday, he took a look at Spieth’s chances for a repeat. He’s also posting ...

What makes college football rivalries so exciting isn’t just the banter between opposing fan bases. The passion either for or against respective teams is also present among the coaching world. In the ...

Darrell Royal, the legendary football coach who died on Wednesday, was considered royalty in Texas, where he coached for 20 years. Royal was always referred to as “Coach Royal,” years after he left ...

— -- Forty years ago to the week, the Red River Rivalry reached its acrimonious apex. In the days leading up to the 1976 game, Darrell Royal, who had dropped five in a row to the Sooners, ...

USA TODAY Sports columnist Paul Myerberg presented the top 10 coaching rivalries in college football, including former coach Darrell Royal Within the College Football world, there lie many rivalries ...