Darrell Royal
You won’t need a private investigator to track down Royal’s impact on the college football world. Royal coached for 23 years at at three different teams: Texas, Washington, and Mississippi State. Royal went from a star player at Oklahoma to a star coach with Texas. Royal never coached Texas to a losing season thanks to his intense discipline.
Royal kept players focused and healthy and you’d be shocked if a diabetic player showed up due to a bad diet! Royal gathered 11 Southwest Conference ‘chips and he went to the Cotton Bowl 10 times.
Bob Neyland
Neyland turned Tennessee into a dynasty over his 21 years of coaching as he racked up a 173 – 31 – 12 record in 21 years of coaching. Neyland was a great defensive scheme setter and you’d need a private investigator to break through the supreme tape of his defensive planning. Neyland never coached a team with a losing record and his intensity on defense changed the game.
You’d have opposing coaches needing diabetic foot care from all of the shame eating they endured from consistent years of losses. Okay, not really, but the psychological effect was palpable.