Trivia: Last North Texas coach to start with winning record

[GrandGreen]

22 hours ago, DeepGreen said:

I think rod Rust did really well with Otis Mitchells' recruits.  After Rust's first year(?) it was all downhill.

You might want to check the record book on that one.  

 

[DeepGreen]

13 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

You might want to check the record book on that one.  

 

Just going by fainted memory.  Where did I guess wrong?

[GrandGreen]

1 hour ago, DeepGreen said:

Just going by fainted memory.  Where did I guess wrong?

1967 7-1

1968 8-2

1969 7-3

Rod Rust in my opinion has always been underrated at NT with the familiar refrain that you have put forth.   He did it all based on Mitchell's recruits, which is not true.  The facts are that much to his credit, Mitchell because of the early integration of NT recruited black athletes with basically no Texas competition.   That changed and it would have been very difficult for anyone to coach at NT with the resources than available.   

Luckily for NT and probably to the detriment of Rust's reputation, he was followed up with Fry.   

[UNTexas]

Simon was 7-4-1 his first year and won a conference championship. But it was all down hill after that.