Bully Gilstrap | |
Birth Place: | Taylor, Texas, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1921–1923 |
Player Team2: | Texas |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1921–1922 |
Player Team4: | Texas |
Player Sport5: | Track and field |
Player Years6: | 1922–1923 |
Player Team6: | Texas |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1925–1936 |
Coach Team2: | Schreiner |
Coach Years3: | 1937–1956 |
Coach Team3: | Texas (assistant) |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1942–1945 |
Coach Team5: | Texas |
Overall Record: | 43–28 (basketball) |
Tournament Record: | 1–1 (NCAA) |
Championships: | SWC regular season (1943) |
Howard Clifford "Bully" Gilstrap was a college men's basketball and college football coach. He was the head coach of the Texas basketball program from 1942 to 1945. He coached the Longhorns to a 43–28 record, playing in one NCAA tournament and reaching the NCAA Final Four in 1943. Gilstrap also served as an assistant coach on the Longhorns football team for 20 seasons, from 1937 through 1956. He was an athlete at Texas, playing football, basketball and track and field. He was inducted into the University of Texas Athletics Hall of Honor in 1968.[1]
Gilstrap was the brother of coach and athletic administrator Chena Gilstrap.