Fred Akers, a coach who headed up the roller coaster that is Texas Football for a decade has passed away after a long illness.
The record says Coach was 86-31-2 in his ten years. But of course that doesn’t begin to describe the tumultuous time it was in Longhorn history.
As far as I am concerned that is for another day. He believed in his players and he wanted to be in their lives long after their playing days were over. I had the pleasure of serving as the producer/host on his TV show and the honor to call him friend.