Edith Royal, the widow of Texas’ iconic coach Darrell Royal and was as instrumental in the Longhorns’ rise to prominence in the 1960s and ‘70s as her husband, passed away Monday, her grandson said.

There are new faces in the inner circle in almost every profession nowadays, including sports and country music. While I was never directly connected to the heyday of Darrell Royal and Willie Nelson ...

Edith Royal, the wife of former Texas football coach Darrell Royal and the matriarch of the Longhorns program, died Monday at the age of 98. Royal has been described over the years as a vibrant, ...

As the nation goes all dewy-eyed over legendary Texas football coach Darrell Royal’s death from cardio-vascular disease last week, I find the historian in me curious about the many memorializations to ...

Today is Dec. 4, 2024. And on this date in Texas history, Darrell Royal beat Arkansas during his final game with the Longhorns. To close out the 1976 season, Texas recorded a 29-12 win over Arkansas ...

After a decade and a half of frustration, the Texas Longhorns have returned to the upper echelon of college football, winning a Big 12 title and falling an incomplete Quinn Ewers pass in the College ...

A memorial service for Edith Thomason Royal, who died Monday at 98, has been set. The wife of the former Texas Longhorns football coach Darrell Royal was an Oklahoma native. The service is scheduled ...

Edith Royal, wife of former Texas football coach and Longhorn legend Darrell K. Royal, passed away on Monday at the age of 98. Head coach Steve Sarkisian shared his thoughts on the tragedy, having ...

We were standing on the sidelines covering a Texas football practice when Darrell Royal called another young Longhorns beat reporter and me over. He wanted us to meet a redheaded, bearded, pony-tailed ...

The direction of college football changed drastically in the late 1960s, all thanks to an offensive formation that looked like a “pulley bone.” [Sign up for Inside Texas for $1 and get PLUS access up ...

Edith Royal, who was married to legendary Texas football coach Darrel Royal for 68 years before his death in 2012, died Monday at 98 years old. “I did not get to meet Coach Royal, but I got a ...