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Barry Switzer

Barry Layne Switzer (born October 5, 1937) is an American former college and professional football coach. He served for 16 years as head football coach at the University of Oklahoma and four years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He won three national championships at Oklahoma, and led the Cowboys to win Super Bowl XXX against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history, and is the second of only three head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl: the others are his Cowboys predecessor Jimmy Johnson and Pete Carroll of the Las Vegas Raiders.

Infobox

Born
(1937-10-05) October 5, 1937 (age 88)Crossett, Arkansas, U.S.
High school
Crossett (AR)
College
Arkansas (1956–1960)
Positions
Center, linebacker
Regular season
NFL: 40–24 (.625)NCAA: 149–24–4 (.853)
Postseason
NFL: 5–2 (.714)NCAA: 8–5 (.615)
Career
NFL: 45–26 (.634)NCAA: 157–29–4 (.837)

Tables

· Head coaching record › College
Oklahoma Sooners (Big Eight Conference) (1973–1988)
Oklahoma Sooners (Big Eight Conference) (1973–1988)
Year
Oklahoma Sooners (Big Eight Conference) (1973–1988)
1973
1973
Year
1973
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
10–0–1
Conference
7–0
Standing
1st
Coaches#
2
AP°
3
1974
1974
Year
1974
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
11–0
Conference
7–0
Standing
1st
AP°
1
1975
1975
Year
1975
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
11–1
Conference
6–1
Standing
T–1st
Bowl/playoffs
W Orange
Coaches#
1
AP°
1
1976
1976
Year
1976
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
9–2–1
Conference
5–2
Standing
T–1st
Bowl/playoffs
W Fiesta
Coaches#
6
AP°
5
1977
1977
Year
1977
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
10–2
Conference
7–0
Standing
1st
Bowl/playoffs
L Orange
Coaches#
6
AP°
7
1978
1978
Year
1978
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
11–1
Conference
6–1
Standing
T–1st
Bowl/playoffs
W Orange
Coaches#
3
AP°
3
1979
1979
Year
1979
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
11–1
Conference
7–0
Standing
1st
Bowl/playoffs
W Orange
Coaches#
3
AP°
3
1980
1980
Year
1980
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
10–2
Conference
7–0
Standing
1st
Bowl/playoffs
W Orange
Coaches#
3
AP°
3
1981
1981
Year
1981
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
7–4–1
Conference
4–2–1
Standing
2nd
Bowl/playoffs
W Sun
Coaches#
14
AP°
20
1982
1982
Year
1982
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
8–4
Conference
6–1
Standing
2nd
Bowl/playoffs
L Fiesta
Coaches#
16
AP°
16
1983
1983
Year
1983
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
8–4
Conference
5–2
Standing
T–2nd
1984
1984
Year
1984
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
9–2–1
Conference
6–1
Standing
T–1st
Bowl/playoffs
L Orange
Coaches#
6
AP°
6
1985
1985
Year
1985
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
11–1
Conference
7–0
Standing
1st
Bowl/playoffs
W Orange
Coaches#
1
AP°
1
1986
1986
Year
1986
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
11–1
Conference
7–0
Standing
1st
Bowl/playoffs
W Orange
Coaches#
3
AP°
3
1987
1987
Year
1987
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
11–1
Conference
7–0
Standing
1st
Bowl/playoffs
L Orange
Coaches#
3
AP°
3
1988
1988
Year
1988
Team
Oklahoma
Overall
9–3
Conference
6–1
Standing
2nd
Bowl/playoffs
L Florida Citrus
Coaches#
14
AP°
14
Oklahoma:
Oklahoma:
Year
Oklahoma:
Team
157–29–4
Overall
100–11–1
Total:
Total:
Year
Total:
Team
157–29–4
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
Year
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.
Year
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.
Year
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Bowl/playoffs
Coaches#
AP°
Oklahoma Sooners (Big Eight Conference) (1973–1988)
1973
Oklahoma
10–0–1
7–0
1st
2
3
1974
Oklahoma
11–0
7–0
1st
1
1975
Oklahoma
11–1
6–1
T–1st
W Orange
1
1
1976
Oklahoma
9–2–1
5–2
T–1st
W Fiesta
6
5
1977
Oklahoma
10–2
7–0
1st
L Orange
6
7
1978
Oklahoma
11–1
6–1
T–1st
W Orange
3
3
1979
Oklahoma
11–1
7–0
1st
W Orange
3
3
1980
Oklahoma
10–2
7–0
1st
W Orange
3
3
1981
Oklahoma
7–4–1
4–2–1
2nd
W Sun
14
20
1982
Oklahoma
8–4
6–1
2nd
L Fiesta
16
16
1983
Oklahoma
8–4
5–2
T–2nd
1984
Oklahoma
9–2–1
6–1
T–1st
L Orange
6
6
1985
Oklahoma
11–1
7–0
1st
W Orange
1
1
1986
Oklahoma
11–1
7–0
1st
W Orange
3
3
1987
Oklahoma
11–1
7–0
1st
L Orange
3
3
1988
Oklahoma
9–3
6–1
2nd
L Florida Citrus
14
14
Oklahoma:
157–29–4
100–11–1
Total:
157–29–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.
· Head coaching record › National Football League
Won
Won
Team
Won
Year
Lost
Regular season
Ties
Regular season
Win %
Regular season
Finish
Regular season
Won
Regular season
Lost
Postseason
Win %
Postseason
Result
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
1994
Regular season
12
Regular season
4
Regular season
0
Regular season
750
Regular season
1st in NFC East
Postseason
1
Postseason
1
Postseason
500
Postseason
Lost to San Francisco 49ers in NFC Championship Game
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
1995
Regular season
12
Regular season
4
Regular season
0
Regular season
750
Regular season
1st in NFC East
Postseason
3
Postseason
0
Postseason
1.000
Postseason
Super Bowl XXX champions
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
1996
Regular season
10
Regular season
6
Regular season
0
Regular season
625
Regular season
1st in NFC East
Postseason
1
Postseason
1
Postseason
500
Postseason
Lost to Carolina Panthers in NFC Divisional Game
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
1997
Regular season
6
Regular season
10
Regular season
0
Regular season
375
Regular season
4th in NFC East
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Total
Total
Team
Total
Year
40
Regular season
24
Regular season
0
Regular season
625
Regular season
5
Postseason
2
Postseason
714
Team
Year
Regular season
Postseason
Won
Lost
Ties
Win %
Finish
Won
Lost
Win %
Result
DAL
1994
12
4
0
750
1st in NFC East
1
1
500
Lost to San Francisco 49ers in NFC Championship Game
DAL
1995
12
4
0
750
1st in NFC East
3
0
1.000
Super Bowl XXX champions
DAL
1996
10
6
0
625
1st in NFC East
1
1
500
Lost to Carolina Panthers in NFC Divisional Game
DAL
1997
6
10
0
375
4th in NFC East
–
–
–
Total
40
24
0
625
5
2
714

References

  1. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/10/sports/plus-college-football-switzer-is-honored-to-be-inducted.html
  2. "Barry Switzer". The Arkansas Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
    http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2942
  3. "Barry Switzer, 'The King' of Norman, is still unapologetically himself at 87"
    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41679128/barry-switzer-87-king-norman
  4. "Switzer, Barry Layne"
    http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=SW006
  5. Switzer v. Golden, 224 Arkansas 543; 274 S.W. 2d 769 (1955).
  6. Bootlegger's Boy, William Morrow & Co., NYC, c. 1989, by Barry Switzer with Bud Shrake
  7. Bootlegger's Boy, op. cit.
  8. "Oklahoma Yearly Totals"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100522062156/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/oklahoma/yearly_totals.php
  9. St. Petersburg Times
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OaBIAAAAIBAJ&pg=4823%2C3685846
  10. To Catch a Thief: Recent Developments in Insider Trading Law and Enforcement
    https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/1986/062086grundfest.pdf#page=09
  11. SEC News Digest
    https://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1984/dig041084.pdf#page=02
  12. "Oklahoma has paid the price for anything goes". Archived February 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Sports Illustrated,
    http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126571/2/index.htm
  13. "Duncan, Switzer Silent on Report"
    https://www.oklahoman.com/article/2231017/duncan-switzer-silent-on-report
  14. Sports Illustrated
    https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/02/27/you-reap-what-you-sow-oklahoma-has-paid-the-price-for-the-anything-goes-attitude-that-coach-barry-switzer-has-allowed-to-take-root
  15. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1987/10/28/ous-approach-in-your-face/000fd3f2-90bc-4eef-87e7-44452320e502/
  16. Bootlegger's Boy
  17. Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/08/07/bosworth-details-chaos-at-oklahoma/70f55b0a-9745-4b37-814d-7cb24031f3b3/
  18. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/12/21/jackson-says-alumni-paid-him/89d0905f-1166-4dc5-8ba9-ce480480e9c6/
  19. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-08-sp-122-story.html
  20. "Holieway Says He Got Booster Favors: College football: Former Oklahoma quarterback also talks about gifts from Barry Switzer but denies receiving any cash payments"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20220907224137/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-08-sp-122-story.html
  21. UPI
    https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/03/31/Switzer-named-Dallas-Cowboys-coach/7177765090000/
  22. Texas Monthly
    https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/barry-switzer-gets-the-last-laugh/
  23. Hartford Courant
    https://www.courant.com/1996/01/16/nfc-championship-is-vindication-for-switzer-cowboys/
  24. Dallas News
    https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/2019/04/02/barry-switzer-says-if-cowboys-would-ve-listened-to-him-1995-nfc-championship-vs-49ers-could-ve-had-different-outcome/
  25. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/01/16/cowboys-had-the-heart-if-they-only-had-a-brain/dcf50f4a-0bec-4a98-a33b-ed6b7764a5fe/
  26. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/11/sports/pro-football-4th-and-1-switzer-falls-flat.html
  27. www.dallascowboys.com
    https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/sullivan-sifting-through-the-memories-of-coach-barry-switzer-443681
  28. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/05/sports/switzer-arrested-on-gun-charge.html
  29. Amarillo Globe-News
    http://amarillo.com/stories/120397/LO0733.001.shtml
  30. Inside The Star
    https://insidethestar.com/bitter-swan-song-for-barry-switzer-in-1997/
  31. The Baltimore Sun
    https://www.baltimoresun.com/1998/01/10/switzer-out-as-dallas-coach-speculation-centers-on-seifert-as-next-cowboys-field-boss-owner-jones-its-not-me-resignation-follows-6-10-season-turmoil/
  32. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/01/09/cowboys-switzer-to-resign/6bde479a-13d1-475c-bc73-d917bd5f180d/
  33. "College Football Kicks Off on XM Satellite Radio with the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, and SEC"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080202173100/http://xmradio.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=1485
  34. Don Mecoy (March 24, 2011). He also was in a scene of the 1999 movie Any Given Sunday."First Liberty Bank raises capital
    http://newsok.com/first-liberty-bank-raises-capital-from-some-familiar-names/article/3551306
  35. Pro-Football-Reference.com
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SwitBa0.htm
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