Jack Sisco
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.
 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) | |
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
- 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