Charles Curtis was an American football player and coach.
12 Facts About Chuck Curtis
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Chuck Curtis played college football at Texas Christian University and had a short stint with the New York Giants of the National Football League in 1957.
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Chuck Curtis spent most of his coaching career, which spanned from 1958 to 1988, at the high school level in the state of Texas.
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At TCU, Chuck Curtis led the Horned Frogs to the 1955 Southwest Conference championship.
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Chuck Curtis played sparingly in Winnipeg and only dressed for 2 games.
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In New York, Chuck Curtis was the backup quarterback for Charley Conerly, but did not see any action during the 1957 NFL season, yet as an aspiring coach it worked to his advantage.
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Chuck Curtis soon moved on, as he succeeded Homer Johnson as head coach at 4A Garland.
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Chuck Curtis joined, at that time, Waco's Paul Tyson, Amarillo's Blair Cherry and Abilene's Chuck Moser as the only coaches to win three consecutive state crowns.
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Chuck Curtis seriously considered the head coaching job at Odessa Permian, which just became vacant as Jim Cashion resigned, but eventually accepted an assistant coaching position on Hayden Fry's staff at SMU.
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In 1979 Chuck Curtis briefly returned to Jacksboro, before taking over head coaching duties at Cleburne High School in 1981.
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In 1984 Chuck Curtis finally got his first head coaching job at the collegiate level, taking over as the thirteenth head football coach at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Chuck Curtis died on May 9,2016, following a lengthy undisclosed illness.