Mack Brown voted in to College Football Hall of Fame

By Steve Lansdale

AUSTIN, Texas — Former University of Texas football head coach will be inducted Dec. 4 into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame in New York City, according to the NFF.

Brown will be the 22^nd inductee with UT ties, and the third former Texas coach, joining Dana Bible and Darrell Royal.

“As a lifelong fan of college football and having attended the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame event so many times over the years,” Brown said, “this is an honor I could never have imagined and absolutely a dream come true.

“It’s very difficult to put into words what it means to me and my family … To have been blessed to play the game for many years, then continue as a coach for 40 years, I was so fortunate to work with thousands of unbelievable student-athletes and amazing staff members. It was absolutely a labor of love … It’s truly a special honor and one that my family and I will forever cherish.”

Brown compiled a career coaching record of[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level2)] 244-122-1 (.666) in 30 seasons as a head coach, the last 16 of which he spent at Texas. His 244 wins are the 10^th-highest total in NCAA history by a coach with at least 10 years at an FBS school. When he left Texas, he was one of only two coaches nationally at the time to have directed teams to 21 bowls in the previous 22 seasons and the only one to have 23 winning seasons in his last 24 years. The Longhorns’ 10 victories in bowl games under Brown are the most in school history under any coach.

“What Mack Brown did for Texas Football is unbelievable,” UT vice president/athletics director Chris Del Conte said. “When you think of all the accomplishments he’s had, and to add to that getting inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, it’s a testament to him, his coaches and his student-athletes. When you have the 16-year career he had here at The University of Texas, it was second to none. ”

At Texas, Brown’s record of 158-48 (.767) gave him the second-highest victories total in school history, trailing only Royal’s 167 wins. He was named the 2008 Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year and the 2009 Big 12 Coach of the Year, in addition to the 2005 Paul “Bear” Bryant National Coach of the Year award winner after guiding the Longhorns to the 2005 national championship.

In addition to Brown, Bible and Royal, UT has had 19 inducted: Hub Bechtol (1944-46), Earl Campbell (1974-77), Doug English (1972-74), Chris Gilbert (1966-68), Jerry Gray (1981-84), Johnnie Johnson (1976-79), Malcolm Kutner (1939-41), Bobby Layne (1944-47), Roosevelt Leaks (1972-74), Bud McFadin (1948-50), Bob McKay (1968-69), Steve McMichael (1976-79), Tommy Nobis (1963-65), James Saxton (1959-61), Harley Sewell (1950-52), Jerry Sisemore (1970-72), Mortimer “Bud” Sprague (1923-24), Harrison Stafford (1930-32) and Ricky Williams (1995-98).

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