20 years after resignation from OU, Barry Switzer is still the king

 
By John Rohde | Published: June 19, 2009   


Barry Switzer's life did not end when he stepped down as Oklahoma's football coach 20 years ago today.

Instead, his new life began.

Switzer became a bestselling author, won a Super Bowl, got remarried, joined the Screen Actors Guild, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and served as a football television analyst alongside the man he replaced with the Dallas Cowboys.

photo - Barry Switzer rides in a Norman Public Library sponsored float in the Norman 89er Day parade in downtown Norman, Oklahoma on Saturday, April 19, 2008. BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Barry Switzer rides in a Norman Public Library sponsored float in the Norman 89er Day parade in downtown Norman, Oklahoma on Saturday, April 19, 2008. BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN

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Not only did Switzer coach the Cowboys to victory in Super Bowl XXX, he also coached in various movies, among them "Any Given Sunday," "Varsity Blues" and "Possums."

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