All About Big 12 Football Coaches - William Mack Brown

We love William Mack Brown, the head coach of Texas. His tenure has been 15 seasons. The latest season win-loss record was 9-4 and his career win-loss record is 232-117-1. And guess how much Mr. Brown makes a year?! A casual $5,161,500 per year. Nice.

All About Big 12 Football Coaches - Bob Stoops

 We love Bob Stoops, the head coach of Oklahoma. His tenure has been 14 seasons. The latest season win-loss record was 10-2 and his career win-loss record is 149-36. And guess how much Mr. Stoops makes a year?! A casual $4,303,000 per year. Nice.

Meet Arthur Briles of the Baylor Bears

Again, maybe you're not a Baylor Bears fan. Read this up anyways! You need to know about your competion in the Big 12 Football.

Arthur Ray Briles was born December 3, 1955 in Rule, Texas. Art Briles was born into a football family and began his career in high school where he attended Rule High School and was coached by his father. Art Briles was offered a football scholarship to the University of Houston where he was put on the football roster as a wide receiver, he played three seasons for the University of Houston including an appearance in the Cotton Bowl.

After completing multiple degrees, Art Briles started his coaching career at Sundown High School as an assistant coach. He served as the assistant coach and head coach for several different high schools before going to Texas Tech in 1999 to serve as an assistant coach on Mike Leach’s staff. Then in 2003, Art Briles got his first big NCAA break when he was named the head coach for the University of Houston, his alma matter. WOW! Such an impressive resume.


In late 2007, Art Briles was hired as the Baylor Bears head coach and began to work at turning around one of the bottom teams in the NCAA Big 12.

Come on out this season and watch Art Briles crush it with his Baylor Bears.

Meet Paul Rhoads of the Iowa State Cyclones

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know. Maybe you aren't the biggest Iowa State Cyclone fan, but it is still important to know what they are up to! We want you to become familiar with Paul Rhoads.

Paul Rhoads is the head coach for the Iowa State Cyclones. Rhoads joins the Iowa State football roster with plenty of experience and fans are hopeful that this experience will translate into wins for the ISU Cyclones.

Before he pulled on Iowa State cardinal and gold, Paul Rhoads was the defensive coordinator for the Auburn Tigers for a season. Under Rhoads’ leadership the Tigers were ranked in multiple defensive categories after only 6 weeks. Prior to Auburn, Coach Rhoads was the defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Panthers. Rhoads led the Panthers to the best defense they had had in decades and helped achieve national ranking before he left. At the end of his career as defensive coordinator for the Panthers, Rhoads record book included 38 Quarterback sacks and a top 30 ranking. WOW! What an impressive resume.

Paul Rhoads will now join the Iowa State Cyclones again, after a stint as an assistant coach for Iowa State in the 90’s. His contract is for 5 years and is reported to be $5.75 million. Regardless of the details, Cyclones fans are eager to see what this experienced defensive thinking coach will do! Join the crowd and see Rhoads pull his Cyclones again this football season.

Baylor Bears football Program

The Baylor Bears football program was established in 1899, since then the Baylor Bears have claimed 7 Conference Championship Titles and have made 16 postseason Bowl Game appearances. The Baylor Bears roster is always full of outstanding players, 44 Baylor Bears football players have been named consensus All-American players.

Baylor Bears 2013 Basketball Season

The Baylor basketball team is one of the most skilled teams in the NCAA Division I Big 12 Conference. The Baylor basketball team plays home games in the Ferrell Center where Baylor basketball fans often pack the seats.

Both Men's Baylor basketball and Lady Bears basketball call the Ferrell Center home. There are many popular players that formerly played Baylor Basketball. These players include, but are not limited to: Vinnie Johnson, David Wesley, Michael Williams, Terry Teagle and Brian Skinner. All of those former Baylor basketball players went on to play in the NBA.

Don't miss a single game of Baylor basketball at the Ferrell Center. Purchase your Baylor basketball tickets today and join Baylor fans as they cheer on Baylor basketball with Joy and Lady!

Big 12 HOT News!

Texas and Texas Tech will each play another Thursday game before their Thanksgiving night matchup in Austin this fall. How exciting is that? The Big 12 on Thursday announced its lineup of five weekday football games, including another holiday game at home for the Longhorns.

Before that, Texas Tech will host its Big 12 opener against TCU on Thursday night, Sept. 12. Texas plays at Iowa State on Oct. 3. Oklahoma travels to Baylor on Nov. 7, one of the Bears' last home games before moving into a new stadium.

The weekday games fulfill a Big 12 contractual agreement with television partners Fox Sports and ESPN.
Kansas State hosts North Dakota State for a Labor Day weekend opener on Friday, Aug. 30. Kickoff times and specific networks for each game will be announced later. Who has a count down going until first kick off? We'll keep you updated, keep checking back!