Barry Layne Switzer (born October 5, 1937) is an American former football coach. He served for 16 years as head football coach at the University of Oklahoma and four years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He won three national championships at Oklahoma, and led the Cowboys to win Super Bowl XXX against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history, and is the second of only three head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl: the others are his Cowboys predecessor Jimmy Johnson and Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks.
Barry Switzer
American Coach
Barry Switzer is an American former football coach who had an incredibly successful career, winning 3 national championships at the University of Oklahoma and leading the Dallas Cowboys to a Super Bowl victory. With one of the highest winning percentages in college football history, Switzer is one of only 3 head coaches to win both a college national championship and a Super Bowl.
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Barry Switzer was born on October 5, 1937 and is an American former football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Oklahoma for 16 years and was the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL for 4 years.
Barry Switzer won 3 national championships as the head coach at the University of Oklahoma, and led the Dallas Cowboys to victory in Super Bowl XXX against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history.
Barry Switzer is one of only 3 head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl. The other two are his Cowboys predecessor Jimmy Johnson and Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks.
As the head coach at the University of Oklahoma, Barry Switzer won 3 national championships. As the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, he led them to victory in Super Bowl XXX against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
With one of the highest winning percentages in college football history and 3 national championships at Oklahoma, as well as a Super Bowl win with the Dallas Cowboys, Barry Switzer is considered one of the most successful and accomplished football coaches of all time.