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Bobby Jack Wright
 Bobby Jack Wright
Position:
Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
Experience:
9th year at OU

The Bobby Jack Wright File
Birthdate: December 11, 1950
Hometown: Mission, Texas
High School: Mission, 1968
College: Southwest Texas State, 1973; Texas A&I, 1980
Family: wife, Bee; daughters, McKenna, Melia and Micaelan

Coaching History

  • 1999-present - Oklahoma Defensive Ends Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
  • 1997 - Texas Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
  • 1995-1996 - Texas Assistant Head Coach/Wide Receivers/Co-Special Teams Coach
  • 1994 - Texas Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coach
  • 1986 - 1993-Texas Outside Linebackers/Secondary Coach
  • 1983-1985 - North Texas State Offensive Backs Coach
  • 1979-1982 - Texas A&I Secondary Coach

    Bowl Games as a Coach (8)
    1987 - Bluebonnet (Texas)
    1990 - Cotton (Texas)
    1994 - Sun (Texas)
    1995 - Sugar (Texas)
    1996 - Fiesta (Texas)
    1999 - Independence (Oklahoma)
    2000 - Orange (Oklahoma)
    2001 - Cotton (Oklahoma)

    Coaching Accomplishments

  • OU's ends combined for 21 tackles for loss in 2001, including 18 by Jimmy Wilkerson, who converted to the position during season. Both Wilkerson and Cory Heincke were All-Big 12.
  • In 2000, both starting ends, Corey Callens and Cory Heinecke, were HM All-Big 12 picks.
  • Under Wright's guidance, All-Big 12 receiver Mike Adams broke every Longhorn record in 1996 and wideout Wane McGarity, who moved from running back, caught 14 passes for 277 yards and four touchdowns in the final six games.
  • Developed the talents of freshman Texas placekicker Phil Dawson, who earned first-team All-SWC honors as the top-ranked kicker in the nation. Dawson was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza National Award.
  • His 1995 receiving unit was the best in the SWC where it averaged 16.8 yards per catch (107 catches for 1,796 yards and 10 touchdowns). It featured first-team All-SWC performer Mike Adams, the SWC's leading receiver.
  • Helped lead North Texas to a 1983 conference crown and the I-AA playoffs.
  • Was on the coaching staff that led Texas A&I to the 1979 Division II national title.

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