The Driving Force Behind Barry Switzer s Post-Coaching Years
Ask a Sooner fan who is the biggest name in OU football history. Sure, there s plenty of contenders. But one man stands out among the rest: Coach Barry Switzer.
How does a poor young man from the Mississippi Delta become an Oklahoma football legend? Ask coach and he ll stop you right there.
“I’ve said if you make me out to be more than I am it’s your fault, and if I ever begin to believe it it’s my fault,” Coach Switzer told News 9’s Dean Blevins.
A humble man from humble beginnings. He s never made it a secret that his father was a bootlegger, selling liquor to make ends meet. But behind those sales his father was building up the lives of young men.
By: News 9
NORMAN, Oklahoma -
Ask a Sooner fan for the biggest name in OU football history. Sure, there s plenty of contenders. But one man stands out among the rest: Coach Barry Switzer.
How does a poor young man from the Mississippi Delta become an Oklahoma football legend? Ask coach, and he ll stop you right there.
“I’ve said, If you make me out to be more than I am, it’s your fault and if I ever begin to believe it, it’s my fault, ” Coach Switzer told News 9 Sports Director Dean Blevins.
A humble man from humble beginnings, he s never made it a secret that his father was a bootlegger, selling liquor to make ends meet. But behind those sales, his father was building up the lives of young men.