Mick Wilson Named New TPS Athletic Director: ‘Going To Work My Tail Off’
Mick Wilson is the new Tulsa Public School District Director of Athletics. Wilson has been with the district for the past 12 years and has some big plans for the athletics of the Tulsa High Schools.
When Dr. Gil Cloud officially retires as the TPS Athletic Director on Thursday, Mick Wilson will have some huge shoes to fill.
With 30 years in education, including 12 at Tulsa Public Schools, Wilson has the credentials to step in, and he s ready to get his hands dirty. I just feel humble to be in this position and I m just going to work my tail off for everyone and I m loyal to this district, said Wilson.
Dec 20, 2020
Dec 20, 2020
On this day 217 years ago, on Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States.
The area included most of present-day Oklahoma.
It took about another 104 years before the Oklahoma s constitution would be approved, leading to statehood in 1907.
Here s a look back at Oklahoma in 1907:
Oklahoma in 1907
President Theodore Roosevelt approved the Oklahoma state constitution on Sept. 26, 1907. Image credit: Artist Mike Wimmer and The Oklahoma State Senate Historical Preservation Fund Inc
Oklahoma in 1907
This $5 bill is displayed at Omniplex, 2100 NE 52, in Oklahoma City, Dec. 19, 2002. The bank note issued by the First National Bank of Eufaula is dated Nov. 16, 1907, the day Oklahoma became a state, and was found in 1987 among the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank 90 years ago. Nationally chartered banks issued most of the currency that c