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David McWilliams was both an assistant and head coach for The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team, and also spent one year as head football coach at Texas Tech University.

Raised in Cleburne, Texas, McWilliams long tenure with the Longhorn football program started from 1961-1963, when he helped the team compile a record of 30-2-1. During that time, the squad won a national championship, three conference championships and finished the year ranked among the nation’s Top four each year. He served as a tri-captain during the 1963 season.

After graduating, McWilliams served two years as an assistant coach at Abilene High School in Texas, and in 1966, became one of the state's youngest head coaches, carving a record of 21-7-2 in four years before Darrell Royal hired him in 1970.

For the next 16 years, he was an assistant under both Royal and Fred Akers, working on defense with ends and linebackers for Royal and Akers, then serving as defensive coordinator for Akers from 1982-1985. McWilliams then spent the 1986 season as head coach at Texas Tech before returning as head coach of the Longhorns the following year.

McWilliams finished 7-5 in his first season at the helm for the Longhorns that included a dramatic last-play victory over the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and a bowl win over the University of Pittsburgh. However, a 4-7 season the next year, followed by a 5-6 year in 1989 put McWilliams' job status in question. In 1990, the Longhorns bounced back with a 10-2 regular season. Fueled by what became known as the "Shock The Nation" tour, Texas won the SWC championship — the only losses coming at the hands of eventual National Champion Colorado — and No. 4-ranked Miami.

The resurgence gave rise to talk of a national title in 1991, but when Texas finished with a 5-6 record, McWilliams resigned after putting together a 31-26 record.

McWilliams remained in the Texas athletics department, serving as associate athletics director for development before becoming head of the "T" Association, an athletic alumni group.

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