1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE
3 RESOLUTION 38 By: McCortney
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7 AS INTRODUCED
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8 A Resolution recognizing Coach Barry Switzer’s
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12 WHEREAS, Barry Switzer joined the University of Oklahoma (OU) as
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13 an assistant coach before the 1966 season, was named offensive
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14 coordinator in 1967, and served as head coach from 1973 to 1988; and
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15 WHEREAS, Coach Switzer is tied with Bud Wilkinson for the most
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16 national championships in program history, winning titles in 1974,
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17 1975, and 1985, and finishing his head coaching career with a 157-
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18 29-4 record, good for a .837 winning percentage; and
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19 WHEREAS, Coach Switzer went undefeated in his first thirty
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20 games, finished with a winning record each season, and won twelve
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21 Big Eight Conference titles in his sixteen years as OU’s seventeenth
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22 head coach; and
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 1 WHEREAS, Switzer thrived against OU’s biggest rivals, posting a
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2 12-5 record against Nebraska, 9-5-2 against Texas, and 15-1 against
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3 Oklahoma State University; and
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4 WHEREAS, his 1986 and 1987 teams led the nation in scoring and
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5 his teams posted a 77-10-1 home record and 63-9-1 on the road for
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6 the most true road wins and best true-road-game winning percentage
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7 in program history; and
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8 WHEREAS, his players earned twenty-eight consensus All-America
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9 honors, as well as Billy Sims’ 1978 Heisman Trophy, eighteen
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10 individual national honors, and eight College Football Hall of Fame
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11 inductions; and
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12 WHEREAS, he produced ninety-four NFL Draft picks, with sixteen
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13 first-rounders and two number-one overall selections, Lee Roy Selmon
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14 and Billy Sims; and
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15 WHEREAS, he served as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 1994
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16 to 1997, posting the best winning percentage in franchise history
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17 and leading the 1995 team to a Super Bowl title. He is one of only
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18 three coaches to win a national championship and a Super Bowl; and
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19 WHEREAS, Switzer was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame,
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20 Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, and College Football Hall of Fame; and
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21 WHEREAS, Switzer has always heavily involved himself with
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22 community service efforts, even in retirement. He has served as an
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23 honorary coach for Special Olympics Oklahoma for over forty-five
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 1 WHEREAS, for more than five decades, Sooner Nation has rallied
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2 behind Coach Switzer, inspired by his iconic leadership, legendary
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3 confidence, and deep loyalty to the University of Oklahoma.
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4 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE 2ND SESSION
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5 OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
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6 THAT the Oklahoma State Senate recognizes the distinguished
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7 career of Coach Barry Switzer and extends appreciation for his
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8 continued service to the State of Oklahoma.
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