- Clyde Littlefield
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Clyde Littlefield (October 6, 1892 to May 20, 1981) was the head track & field coach at The University of Texas from 1920 to 1961 as well as its football coach from 1927 to 1933. He became one of the greatest track coaches in NCAA history. In his 41 years at Texas, his teams won 25 Southwest Conference championships.
His football coaching tenure was also quite accomplished: he compiled a 44-18-6 record and won two Southwest Conference championships.
Littlefield graduated from South Park High School in Beaumont. From 1912 to 1916, he attended The University of Texas, where he earned twelve letters in football, basketball, and track. After graduating from Texas, Littlefield served as the head football coach at Greenville High School for four years. He returned to the University in 1920 as head track coach, freshman football coach, freshman basketball coach, and physical-training instructor. He served on the United States track & field coaching staff at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Littlefield founded the Texas Relays in 1925, and is currently honored as its namesake.
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1916 Helms Foundation NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Ray Bohler • William Chandler • Cyril Haas • George Levis • Clyde Littlefield • Edward McNichol • Dick Romney • Abe Sieberts • Fred Williams • Ray Woods
Texas Longhorns head football coaches No coach (1893) • Reginald DeMerritt Wentworth (1894) • Frank Crawford (1895) • Harry Orman Robinson (1896) • Walter F. Kelly (1897) • David Farragut Edwards (1898) • Maurice Gordon Clarke (1899) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1900–1901) • J. B. Hart (1902) • Ralph Hutchinson (1903–1905) • H. R. Schenker (1906) • W. E. Metzenthin (1907–1908) • Dexter W. Draper (1909) • Billy Wasmund (1910–1911) • Dave Allerdice (1912–1915) • Eugene Van Gent (1916) • William Juneau (1917–1919) • Berry Whitaker (1920–1922) • E. J. Stewart (1923–1926) • Clyde Littlefield (1927–1933) • Jack Chevigny (1934–1936) • Dana X. Bible (1937–1946) • Blair Cherry (1947–1950) • Ed Price (1951–1956) • Darrell Royal (1957–1976) • Fred Akers (1977–1986) • David McWilliams (1987–1991) • John Mackovic (1992–1997) • Mack Brown (1998– )
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