Jack Sisco
 Sisco pictured in The Yucca 1940, North Texas State Teachers yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 2, 1904 Texas |
| Died | December 18, 1983 (aged 79) Navarro County, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1924–1926 | Baylor |
| Position(s) | Lineman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1929–1941 | North Texas State Teachers |
| Basketball | |
| 1933–1935 | North Texas State Teachers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 74–38–11 (football) 15–27 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 TIAA (1931) 6 LSC (1932, 1935–1936, 1939–1941) | |
Robert Dickey "Jack" Sisco (November 2, 1904 – December 18, 1983)[1][2] was an American football player, coach, and official. He served as head football coach at the University of North Texas from 1929 to 1941. With a record of 74–38–11, Sisco is the second winningest coach in school history, behind Odus Mitchell. His teams won seven conference championships and tied for three others.
A native of Waco, Texas, Sisco prepped at Waco High School playing under coach Paul Tyson.[3] He went on to attend Baylor University, where he was a lineman on the 1924 Baylor Bears football team that won the Southwest Conference title.[4]
After his coaching career, he became a college football referee best remembered for a controversial call in the 1947 Red River Shootout between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners.[5][6][7] To this day, some Sooner fans refer to this as the "Sisco Game".[8]
His great-granddaughter, Emilee Sisco, played volleyball at the University of Colorado.[9]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Texas State Teachers Eagles (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1929–1931) | |||||||||
| 1929 | North Texas State Teachers | 4–4–2 | 2–0–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1930 | North Texas State Teachers | 5–4–1 | 4–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1931 | North Texas State Teachers | 8–3 | 4–0 | 1st (Eastern) | |||||
| North Texas State Teachers Eagles (Lone Star Conference) (1932–1941) | |||||||||
| 1932 | North Texas State Teachers | 8–1–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1933 | North Texas State Teachers | 3–4–2 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1934 | North Texas State Teachers | 5–4–1 | 2–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1935 | North Texas State Teachers | 5–3–1 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1936 | North Texas State Teachers | 6–2–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1937 | North Texas State Teachers | 4–4–2 | 2–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1938 | North Texas State Teachers | 7–4 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1939 | North Texas State Teachers | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1940 | North Texas State Teachers | 6–3 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1941 | North Texas State Teachers | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| North Texas State Teachers: | 74–38–11 | 42–9–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 74–38–11 | ||||||||
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Ratliff, Harold (1963). Autumn's Mightiest Legions: History of Texas Schoolboy Football. Waco: Texian Press. pp. 41–45.
- ^ A Look Through the Years: The 1924 Team
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=2bunCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT42&lpg=PT42&dq=Jack+Sisco+baylor+referee&source=bl&ots=RPgZNngktw&sig=ACfU3U0KI2F8hi7xf1L4vkCHkDvf0v8s1Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjo5vrgzKTnAhUfgnIEHV_DCW0Q6AEwD3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Jack%20Sisco%20baylor%20referee&f=false
- ^ https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20972731/the-wild-bottle-throwing-badly-officiated-1947-ou-texas-game
- ^ https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/after-ou-became-dedicated-to-beat-texas/article_c3b6d7f0-4fa4-583f-b792-7f65d619765c.html
- ^ https://www.chron.com/sports/college-football/article/The-100-year-football-war-Texas-OU-by-the-game-1927889.php
- ^ https://cubuffs.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/emilee-sisco/3850
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