Sep 2, 2015 at 11:15a ET
Sep 2, 2015 at 11:15a ET
Mike Gundy heads into his 11th season as coach at Oklahoma State Thursday night when the Cowboys face Central Michigan.
It's the longest coaching tenure, tied with Jim Lookabaugh and Pat Jones in school history.
And Gundy enters the season with a renewed boost of energy, thanks to a run at the end of the 2014 season where he found a quarterback, beat Oklahoma and then won a bowl game.
“We've come a long way,” Gundy said to The Oklahoman, “not only as a football team, as a coaching staff, an organization, as a university and the relationship with Mr.