I mean, yes and no. UH was definitely the first to run it at the I-A level with any success. It did hit Portland State and the USFL first, though.
Which one Randy; THAT is what I was unaware of!
Itâs the building for the Section 129 club next to the ticket office and band complex. I think itâs called Yeoman Hall.
I think we had the football signing day party there for Applewhiteâs first class.
IMO Jphn Jenkins took it to another stratosphere.
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Randy, but I was not complaining about UH not remembering Coach Yeoman; I was complaining about them not properly remembering Harry Fouke! Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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Ah, gotcha.
I share your sentiments on Fouke. You would
think we would have renamed another building
for him or at the least commissioned a statue.
Kinda the same deal as happened with Hoffeinz
Pavilion. Nothing is permanent. Honor is fleeting.
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For anyone that has Mr. Pezmanâs ear please do everything that you can to at least push the idea.
It should have been secured even before we built our new stadium.
https://twitter.com/gocoogs1/status/1607375150990909443?t=E33ngg_v8zeVQvPJVcid1Q&s=19
Happy Birthday Day Coach!
The Man, The Veer, The Legend. RIP Coach.
Edit: Iâm sure I wouldnât have turned into such a die hard Coog fan as an 8-9 yr old. ( late 60s) if not for Coach Yeoman & Coach GVL. #Legends
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Randy,
Well written description of how our beloved Coach lived life. All I can say is âGolly Nedâ and âIt is tough being a Cougarâ !
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Happy Birthday to Captain William Yeoman, a West Point Graduate and the man who changed UH from a nothing to a National Power.
He won The SWC 4 times in 9 seasons, something no subsequent Coaches ever came close to accomplishing.
A gentleman and a Master recruiter. And just a genuinely fine man.
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Great comments on CBY ! This is history our young, upcoming Coogs , need to know and appreciate.
CBY was a once in a lifetime leader and gentleman. I miss him terribly .
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The closest we came to hiring another Coach Yeoman was hiring Jack Pardee.
It is easy to observe that UH could use another Head Coach of this caliber.
However it may be true that one does not exist.
No one can become a great Head Coach without being a great recruiter. Simply put you need Ed Oliver type players to become great.
Coach Yeoman found them and signed them. We need Dana to do the same.
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Bill Yeoman could have left UH many times for much more highly regarded universities, but he remained loyal to UH. He is a legend and I will always be regard him as the greatest football coach in UH history. He did so much with so little, it was amazing.
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I know Oklahoma made at least two hard runs at CBY.
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They werenât the only one.
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God bless Coach Yeoman for staying true. He would have been fired multiple times over in todayâs landscape.
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Coach Yeoman was one of the greats of all time. The only narrative that isnât true about him is that he won with inferior talent. That simply isnât true. During the late 1960 and through the 70âs we had as much talent as anyone. Go back and look at the NFL drafts from the late 60âs and 70âs, we had as many players drafted as anyone in this area other than Oklahoma.
We had two major things in our favor. We were the first school in the south to actively recruit the black players. Not only did we recruit them in large numbers we didnât lie to them and they had a good experience at the University of Houston. So we were the preferred school for the black athlete. Bubba Beane who was a great running back, only ended up at A&M because we had already landed our preferred running backs. He wanted to go to Houston. Plus we had the Dome which was a big deal. Every kid thought playing in the Astrodome was a really cool thing. Then finally we ârecruitedâ with the best of them.
What brought us off our perch, was the Dome slowly became not as big of a deal as it once was and Jackie Sherill and Ron Meyers showed up in the conference. They went all in on african american players. The players still wanted to go to Houston but they spent money that was unheard of at the time. The great SMU teams of the early 1980âs and the Aggie wrecking crew teams of the mid to late 80âs were players that used to go to Houston.
Then oil depression of the 1980âs really hurt our donor base.
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I didnât mean talent when I said, âHe did so much with so little, it was amazing.â I was talking about facilities and budget. Our facilities werenât on par with any in the SWC, yet he was able to get good players to come play for him.
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