Chuck Curtis

Chuck Curtis
Chuck Curtis
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born 1935
Place of birth Gainesville, Texas
Playing career
1954-1956
1957
TCU
New York Giants
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958
1959-1962
1963-1964
1965-1967
1968
1979-1980
1981-1983
1984-1985
1987-1988
Holliday HS
Jacksboro HS
Garland HS
SMU (Assist.)
Grand Prairie HS
Jacksboro HS
Cleburne HS
UT Arlington
Aledo HS
Head coaching record
Overall 11–10–1 (College)
135–41–3 (High school)

Charles “Chuck” Curtis (born 1935) is a former American football coach. After a stellar collegiate career and a short stint with the NFL's New York Giants, Curtis began his coaching career at the high school level, before serving as last head coach at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Growing up in Gainesville, Texas as son of a minister, Curtis played quarterback at Gainesville High School in the late 1940s and early 1950s. During his senior year Curtis' father moved to Taylor but allowed him to remain at Gainesville in a garage apartment in order to keep his eligibility.[1] Despite All-State honors, college recruiters ignored him, except for Texas Christian's Abe Martin.[1]

At TCU, Curtis led the Horned Frogs to the 1955 Southwest Conference championship. In the 1957 Cotton Bowl, Curtis threw two touchdown passes and ran for another TD to lead the Horned Frogs to a 28-27 win over Syracuse and standout running back Jim Brown. Garnering All-Southwest Conference honors in 1955 and 1956, Curtis was selected 85th overall by the defending champions, the New York Giants, in the 1957 NFL Draft. As back-up quarterback for Charley Conerly Curtis did not see any action during the 1957 NFL season, yet as an aspiring coach it worked to his advantage. Both Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry were assistants on the Giants staff, and their system, he soon realized, far surpassed anything he had seen in four years at TCU.[2]

After one season with the Giants, Curtis returned to Texas in order to pursue a coaching career. He began at Holliday, where he led the 1958 Eagles to an 8–2 record and barely missed the playoffs. The following year Curtis moved to 2A Jacksboro, where he turned around a program in the dumps for 10 straight years and culminating in the state title in 1962. The Tigers outscored their opponents 602-43 that year. Curtis soon moved on, as he succeeded Homer Johnson as head coach at 4A Garland. Guiding the Owls to back-to-back state titles in 1963 and '64, Curtis became the first coach in Texas high school football to win consecutive titles at different schools in different classifications, going 26-1-1 during that stretch.[3] He also joined, at that time, Waco's Paul Tyson, Amarillo's Blair Cherry and Abilene's Chuck Moser as the only coaches to win three straight state crowns.

Curtis seriously considered the head coaching job at Odessa Permian, which just became vacant as Jim Cashion resigned, but eventually accepted an assistant coaching position on Hayden Fry's staff at Southern Methodist University. In 1968 he returned to the high school level, taking over at Grand Prairie.

In 1979 Curtis briefly returned to Jacksboro, before taking over head coaching duties at Cleburne High School in 1981. In 1982, he guided the Yellow Jackets to the state semifinals, but lost 7-3 to Don Denbow's Corsicana squad.[4] Cleburne's 1983 team carried an unbeaten 13–0 record in the quarterfinal round, only to lose 13-3 to Lubbock Estacado. Curtis also coached in the Oil Bowl in 1983.

In 1984 Curtis finally got his first head coaching job at the collegiate level, taking over as 13th head football coach at the University of Texas at Arlington. His career coaching record for the Mavericks was 11–10–1. This ranks him sixth at UT Arlington in total wins and eighth at UT Arlington in winning percentage.[5] UT-Arlington discontinued its football program after the conclusion of the 1985 season.

After one year out of coaching, Curtis returned to the high school level, becoming head coach at 3A Aledo. He guided the Bearcats to a 6–5 and 8–3 record in 1987 and 1988, respectively, before he retired.

References

  1. ^ a b Cashion, Ty (1998). Pigskin Pulpit: A Social History of Texas High School Football Coaches. Austin: Texas State Historical Association. pp. 144–145. ISBN 0876111681. 
  2. ^ Canning, Whit (1992-08-31). "Curtis has few regrets on long way ‘home’". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 
  3. ^ Costlow, Ken (1999-12-08). "Ex-UTA coach brought two titles to Garland". Arlington Morning News. 
  4. ^ Magers, Lisa (2007-10-11). "Football coach led Jackets to state seminfinals in 1982". Cleburne Times-Review. http://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/local/local_story_284183901.html. 
  5. ^ The University of Texas at Arlington - Official Athletic Site

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