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Texas Southern Tigers Football
The Texas Southern Tigers is the college football team representing Texas Southern University, a historically black university (HBCU) in Houston. The Tigers play in the NCAA's Division I FCS as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), a conference whose members are all HBCUs. In 2012, the Tigers moved into the new PNC Stadium, built for the city's Major League Soccer team, the Houston Dynamo. It replaced the Alexander Durley Sports Complex as the home of Tiger football. History Classifications * 1952–1972: NCAA College Division * 1952–1969: NAIA * 1970–1984: NAIA Division I * 1973–1976: NCAA Division II * 1977: NCAA Division I * 1978–present: NCAA Division I-AA/FCS Conference memberships * 1947–1951: Independent * 1952–1954: Midwest Athletic Association * 1955–present: Southwestern Athletic Conference Football Classics Labor Day Classic The Tigers compete against the Panthers of Prairie View A&M in the Labor Day Classic for the Durley-Nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence McKinney
Clarence McKinney (born December 26, 1970) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Texas Southern University. Early years McKinney played football at Montana State Bobcats football, Montana State for three years before transferring to the University of Mary, where he achieved a bachelor's degree in elementary education. Coaching career McKinney's first head coaching job was at Jack Yates High School in Houston, Houston, Texas, where he compiled a record of 30–8. McKinney then began a long tenure as an assistant for Kevin Sumlin, being on Sumlin's staffs at Houston Cougars football, Houston, Texas A&M Aggies football, Texas A&M, and Arizona Wildcats football, Arizona. McKinney was named the head coach of Texas Southern on December 3, 2018. Influences In addition to Kevin Sumlin, McKinney said he learned from Dana Holgorsen and Kliff Kingsbury. Head coaching record College References 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Housto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
