Jack Sisco

Jack Sisco

Sisco pictured in The Yucca 1940, North Texas State Teachers yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1904-11-02)November 2, 1904 Waco, Texas, U.S.
Died	December 18, 1983(1983-12-18) (aged 79) Navarro County, Texas, U.S.
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	74–37–10 (football) 15–27 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 TIAA (1931) 6 LSC (1932, 1935, 1936, 1939–1941) 1 TIAA Eastern Division (1931)

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 74–37–10, 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	4–3–2	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	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:		74–37–10	42–9–4
Total:		74–37–10

References

1. "Obituaries - Page 90292". Archived from the original on July 31, 2014.
2. "The North Texan, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1986 - Page 14 - UNT Digital Library". 1986.
3. Ratliff, Harold (1963). Autumn's Mightiest Legions: History of Texas Schoolboy Football. Waco: Texian Press. pp. 41–45.
4. "A Look Through the Years: The 1924 Team". Archived from the original on March 24, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
5. Brent Clark, J. (September 25, 2015). Texas Caesar: Darrell K Royal 1924-2012. ISBN 9781458219411.
6. "The wild, bottle-throwing, badly officiated 1947 OU-Texas game". October 10, 2017.
7. "After '45, OU Became Dedicated to Beat Texas | Archive | tulsaworld.com".
8. "The 100-year football war: Texas-OU by the game". October 7, 2005.
9. "Emilee Sisco - Volleyball - University of Colorado Athletics".

External links

• Jack Sisco at Find a Grave