Darrell Royal Autographs
Darrell K Royal (July 6, 1924 – November 7, 2012) was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State University from 1954 to 1955, the University of Washington in 1956, and the University of Texas from 1957 to 1976, compiling a career record of 184 wins, 60 losses and five ties. During his 20-year tenure as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns, Royal's teams won three national championships and 11 Southwest Conference titles while finishing ranked in fifteen seasons. He amassed a record of 167–47–5 while in Austin and won more games than any other coach in Texas Longhorns football history. Royal never had a losing season as a head coach for his entire career.
Royal played college football as an All-American quarterback at the University of Oklahoma from 1946 to 1949 under coach Bud Wilkinson. Following graduation, he worked as an assistant coach at North Carolina State University and the University of Tulsa. Royal also coached the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union, the predecessor to the Canadian Football League (CFL), for one season in 1953.
From 1962 to 1980, Royal assumed the role of athletic director at Texas, succeeding Edwin Olle. Royal stepped down as head football coach after the 1976 season; two of his former assistant coaches, Fred Akers and David McWilliams, helmed the team for the next 15 years. In 1980, Royal moved to an advisory role under his successor DeLoss Dodds, before retiring in 1990. He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1976, and the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983. Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the Longhorns play their home games, was renamed in his honor in 1996.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Darrell Royal (Darrell Royal and Mac Brown Signed Longhorn 2005 Championship Football JSA Cert) was sold in March 2025 for $1,800.00 while the cheapest item (Darrell Royal Signed Index Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2019. The month with the most items sold (38) was November 2012 with an average selling price of $53.47 for an autographed item of Darrell Royal. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2017 with $452.22 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was November 2010. In average, an autographed item from Darrell Royal is worth $35.34.
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Latest News about Darrell Royal
Remembering legendary Texas coach Darrell Royal ahead of Georgia football matchu (11/12/2025): Loran Smith looks back at the career and charisma of Texas coaching legend Darrell Royal ahead of the Longhorns' matchup with Georgia in Athens. 
Darrell Royal's Longhorns featured in Wishbone documentary on SEC Network (07/17/2025): A new 'SEC Storied' documentary focuses on how the Wishbone took over college football, thanks to Darrell Royal and the Texas Longhorns. Georgia football visiting Texas brings fond memories of coach Darrell Royal | Lo (10/17/2024): Texas partisans have been longing for a return of a Royal-like era since he retired. The closest was when Mack Brown coached Texas to the 2005 title. Edith Royal, wife of former Texas coach Darrell Royal, dies at 98 (08/26/2024): Darrell Royal served as the Texas head coachg from 1957-78, and he and his wife left a lasting impact on Austin on and off the field. Wright: Jimmys, Joes and first-year woes for UNM football (04/21/2024): Apr. 20—Darrell Royal, the legendary University of Texas football coach, is widely credited with the first utterance of the following — echoed throughout the decades by scores if not hundreds of his fellow coaches: "It's not the X's and O's; it's the Jimmys and Joes." The New Mexico Lobos do have a
Older News Stories about Darrell Royal
Darrell Royal, Barry Switzer among top college football coaching rivalries (06/2022): "Royal accused Switzer of spying on the Longhorns' practice." Here's a look at Paul Myerberg's top 10 college football coaching rivalries. Aaron Eckhart To Play Football Coach Darrell Royal (05/2014): Actor Aaron Eckhart is set to play University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal in a film about his bond with tragic player Freddie Steinmark.The... Charlie Strong talks about Darrell Royal and Mack Brown at first news conference (01/2014): AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Charlie Strong talked about being tough and winning championships. That is exactly what Texas fans wanted to hear from their new football coach. There's little doubt he can deliver the first. Local Sooner helps recognize former Texas football coach Darrell Royal (04/2013): Dan Boz of The Woodlands bleeds crimson. Darrell Royal: Remembering a Football Innovator (11/2012): The annual Texas-Oklahoma football game, known as the Red River Rivalry, has been one of the most intensely fought college gridiron struggles since first played in 1900, seven years before Oklahoma became the 46th state in the Union. Legendary UT coach Darrell Royal fighting Alzheimer's, auctioning off memorabili (10/2012): Darrell K Royal, who won three national championships as head football coach of the Texas Longhorns, is auctioning off memorabilia to raise money for the Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease. Royal, 88, is battling the disease (March, 2012, file photo). Darrell Royal, 88, remains a Texas treasure (07/2012): The Texas coaching legend turns 88 today, but his stature has not been diminished over the years, only enhanced. Matt Mitchell takes a look back at the legendary Longhorn.
