View Full Version : Greatest Sooner Assistant Coach of All Time
bent rider
1/12/2011, 05:21 PM
Based only on their performance as an assistant, OC or DC.
Barry Switzer, Brent Venables, Bud Wilkinson, ??...
texaspokieokie
1/12/2011, 05:21 PM
Gary Gibbs
Soonerson1975
1/12/2011, 05:21 PM
Bobby Proctor,Gomer Jones
texaspokieokie
1/12/2011, 05:22 PM
Gomer Jones
texaspokieokie
1/12/2011, 05:24 PM
Bud was assistant for only one year.
70sooner
1/12/2011, 05:25 PM
John Blake?:eek: :eek:
no, seriously, you'd have to go with Bud and Barry. Lucious Selmon was pretty damn good....
Bud was assistant for only one year. true...
yermom
1/12/2011, 05:30 PM
no love for Mack Brown?
Mike Leach and Merv should have some mention...
85sooners
1/12/2011, 05:31 PM
harry
texaspokieokie
1/12/2011, 05:32 PM
i don't know how good Bud was as an assistant.
Barry was good, he switched to wish bone
Defense under Gary Gibbs was SUPER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gomer Jones had to have been good, & for many years.
Mississippi Sooner
1/12/2011, 05:34 PM
I vote for Gomer just because his name was Gomer. Seriously, how many great teams ever had a coach named Gomer?
Sooner_Tuf
1/12/2011, 06:25 PM
I'll tell you how good Bud was as an assistant. Jim Tatum was offered the head coaching position at OU if he brought Bud along. No Bud no job for Jim.
Soonerson1975
1/12/2011, 06:29 PM
I'll tell you how good Bud was as an assistant. Jim Tatum was offered the head coaching position at OU if he brought Bud along. No Bud no job for Jim.
And Jim Tatum replied........"This Bud's for you"
Soonerfan88
1/12/2011, 06:59 PM
Port Robertson
brainpimp
1/12/2011, 07:04 PM
Merv Johnson +100
bent rider
1/12/2011, 07:24 PM
i don't know how good Bud was as an assistant.
Barry was good, he switched to wish bone
Defense under Gary Gibbs was SUPER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gomer Jones had to have been good, & for many years.
I forgot to mention Gary in the original post.
Gary Gibbs was like Phil Bengston of the Lombardi-era Packers. Great defensive coach who worked mostly under the radar but then didn't pan out as a head coach.
Apparently Wendell Mosely got the most tail.
bent rider
1/12/2011, 10:01 PM
Apparently Wendell Mosely got the most tail.
That reminds me I left out Mike Leach.
Leroy Lizard
1/12/2011, 10:14 PM
I vote for Gomer just because his name was Gomer. Seriously, how many great teams ever had a coach named Gomer?
Is the Marine Corps considered a team?
SoonerLB
1/12/2011, 11:44 PM
Even though Gibbs didn't 'pan out' as the head coach, he was right up there on any assistant list, he did a hellava job. I always hoped he would be a good HC, but he had a hard act to follow, and I kinda hated to see things go the way they did for him. And then things really got bad . . . . .
stoopified
1/12/2011, 11:46 PM
Barry and his 'Bone.
SOONER STEAKER
1/12/2011, 11:52 PM
Barry's right hand back in my days was Merv Johnson. He was the "o line/TE" coach which made the Sooners role. Scotty Hill might have been the best recruiter until the closer came into the house, which was the man, Barry Switzer.
47straight
1/13/2011, 01:20 AM
Disagree on Bobby Proctor. If we could have covered better against Miami, it would have been 3 in a row.
texaspokieokie
1/13/2011, 09:12 AM
Barry's right hand back in my days was Merv Johnson. He was the "o line/TE" coach which made the Sooners role. Scotty Hill might have been the best recruiter until the closer came into the house, which was the man, Barry Switzer.
story i remember (possibly true) Gibbs was headed to usc to coach and Barry demoted whomever was DC & gave the position to GG.
WestLakeHillsSooner
1/13/2011, 09:18 AM
Merv Johnson and Bobby Proctor.
OUmillenium
1/13/2011, 10:41 AM
1. The King
2. Merv
KantoSooner
1/13/2011, 11:16 AM
Greatest? Barry. Hands down. Installing the bone in the length of time he did and then beating the world bloody with his brand new toy is epic.
After that, you've got Gomer, Bud, Merv, etc., but the best long term production line of hot assistants has to go to Bob. With Mark Stoops, Mike Leach, Mark Mangino, etc. etc. he's been as productive of well respected assistants as any coach I can remember.
oudanny
1/13/2011, 12:14 PM
How about Larry Lacewell? His defenses were pretty good. I agree that Barry is the greatest.
stoops the eternal pimp
1/13/2011, 12:18 PM
Mark Stoops did do an excellent job here
SoonerOX
1/13/2011, 12:22 PM
Gibbs.
OU_Sooners75
1/13/2011, 12:46 PM
In no particular order:
Gomer Jones (Even though his record was not great after taking over as HMFIC at OU after Bud left)
Bud Wilkinson (remember, he was an assistant to Jim Tatum before being HMFIC).
Barry Switzer (innovative OC for a few of years at OU under Chuck Fairbanks, came in under Jim MacKenzie).
Gary Gibbs (great coordinator and had a lot to deal with after Switzer resigned).
Then we have also had some others that were really good:
Mack Brown (OC under Switzer for one or two seasons)
Kevin Wilson (innovative OC that got the hurry up into the spot light and now people are copying his work, though he is not responsible for the hurry up approach).
Mike Leach (could be called the founding father of OU's aerial attack).
Mike Stoops (very solid defensive coordinator).
Merv Johnson (very good position coach).
I am sure you can name more.
OU_Sooners75
1/13/2011, 12:50 PM
Greatest? Barry. Hands down. Installing the bone in the length of time he did and then beating the world bloody with his brand new toy is epic.
After that, you've got Gomer, Bud, Merv, etc., but the best long term production line of hot assistants has to go to Bob. With Mark Stoops, Mike Leach, Mark Mangino, etc. etc. he's been as productive of well respected assistants as any coach I can remember.
In 1967, he was named offensive coordinator for the Sooners. In 1970, he convinced Chuck Fairbanks, then OU head coach, to make the most significant and gutsy move in OU's football history, a switch to the wishbone offense. The only vehicles for learning this novel offense were films of the 1968 and 1969 OU-Texas games, since Texas was the only school that used the wishbone. This offense saved the career of Fairbanks and his seven assistants and made possible Oklahoma's second football dynasty.
Edit: I was wrong
Barry and his 'Bone.
:eek:
texaspokieokie
1/13/2011, 01:11 PM
Wilkinson was obviously one of the greatest coaches, ever !!
i think it's hard to judge how good of an assistant he was, only one year.
MyT Oklahoma
1/13/2011, 01:27 PM
I agree that Larry Lacewell deserves some credit for his defenses. And Galen Hall didn't do too bad running our Wishbone once upon a time.
OU_Sooners75
1/13/2011, 01:31 PM
Wilkinson was obviously one of the greatest coaches, ever !!
i think it's hard to judge how good of an assistant he was, only one year.
Well he was a very good assistant at Minnesota before coming to OU.
TheUnnamedSooner
1/13/2011, 01:53 PM
Rex Ryan
Sooner Cal
1/14/2011, 12:35 AM
Jim Donlan deserves mention before Mack Brown.
I liked Proctor and you can't argue with the talent he sent to the league. Switzer's linebacker coach sent some pretty good talent to the league as well.
SteelClip49
1/14/2011, 02:01 AM
MIKE SHANAHAN- 1975 Offensive Assistant
He turned out to be a pretty good assistant for the Niners and coached Denver to 2 Super Bowl wins.
Leroy Lizard
1/14/2011, 02:34 AM
We have had so many great assistants it's hard to choose. (A lot of schools can immediately point to two or three names.)
In order...
OFFENSE:
1. Barry Switzer
2. Galen Hall
3. Kevin Wilson
4. Merv Johnson
5. Jim Donnan
DEFENSE
1. Larry Lacewell
2. Gary Gibbs
3. Mike Stoops
4. Bobby Proctor
5. Luscious Selmon
Overall: Gomer Jones
Here's a list of our past assistants:
http://www.gnextinc.com/ou/assistant_coaches.html
texaspokieokie
1/14/2011, 08:56 AM
Well he was a very good assistant at Minnesota before coming to OU.
before the war ??
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