Jack Sisco
![]() Sisco pictured in The Yucca 1940, North Texas State Teachers yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1904-11-02)November 2, 1904 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
Died | December 18, 1983(1983-12-18) (aged 79) Navarro County, Texas, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1924–1926 | Baylor |
Position(s) | Lineman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1929–1941 | North Texas State Teachers |
Basketball | |
1933–1935 | North Texas State Teachers |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 74–37–10 (football) 15–27 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 TIAA (1931) 6 LSC (1932, 1935, 1936, 1939–1941) 1 TIAA Eastern Division (1931) | |
Robert Dickey "Jack" Sisco (November 2, 1904 – December 18, 1983)[1][2] was an American football player, coach, and official. He served as head football coach at the University of North Texas from 1929 to 1941. With a record of 74–37–10, Sisco is the second winningest coach in school history, behind Odus Mitchell. His teams won seven conference championships and tied for three others.
A native of Waco, Texas, Sisco prepped at Waco High School playing under coach Paul Tyson.[3] He went on to attend Baylor University, where he was a lineman on the 1924 Baylor Bears football team that won the Southwest Conference title.[4]
After his coaching career, he became a college football referee best remembered for a controversial call in the 1947 Red River Shootout between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners.[5][6][7] To this day, some Sooner fans refer to this as the "Sisco Game".[8]
His great-granddaughter, Emilee Sisco, played volleyball at the University of Colorado.[9]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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North Texas State Teachers Eagles (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1929–1931) | |||||||||
1929 | North Texas State Teachers | 4–3–2 | 2–0–2 | 2nd | |||||
1930 | North Texas State Teachers | 5–4–1 | 4–1 | 3rd | |||||
1931 | North Texas State Teachers | 8–3 | 4–0 | 1st (Eastern) | |||||
North Texas State Teachers Eagles (Lone Star Conference) (1932–1941) | |||||||||
1932 | North Texas State Teachers | 8–1–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
1933 | North Texas State Teachers | 3–4–2 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
1934 | North Texas State Teachers | 5–4 | 2–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1935 | North Texas State Teachers | 5–3–1 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
1936 | North Texas State Teachers | 6–2–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1937 | North Texas State Teachers | 4–4–2 | 2–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
1938 | North Texas State Teachers | 7–4 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
1939 | North Texas State Teachers | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1940 | North Texas State Teachers | 6–3 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1941 | North Texas State Teachers | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
North Texas State Teachers: | 74–37–10 | 42–9–4 | |||||||
Total: | 74–37–10 |
References
- ^ "Obituaries - Page 90292". Archived from the original on July 31, 2014.
- ^ "The North Texan, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1986 - Page 14 - UNT Digital Library". 1986.
- ^ Ratliff, Harold (1963). Autumn's Mightiest Legions: History of Texas Schoolboy Football. Waco: Texian Press. pp. 41–45.
- ^ A Look Through the Years: The 1924 Team
- ^ Brent Clark, J. (September 25, 2015). Texas Caesar: Darrell K Royal 1924-2012. ISBN 9781458219411.
- ^ "The wild, bottle-throwing, badly officiated 1947 OU-Texas game". October 10, 2017.
- ^ "After '45, OU Became Dedicated to Beat Texas | Archive | tulsaworld.com".
- ^ "The 100-year football war: Texas-OU by the game". October 7, 2005.
- ^ "Emilee Sisco - Volleyball - University of Colorado Athletics".
External links
- Jack Sisco at Find a Grave
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