Bobby Jack Wright
Inducted 2016
Hometown: Mission
High School: Mission High School
College: Southwest Texas State University
Best Known for: Coaching – Football
b. December 11, 1950
A native of Mission, Wright coached at the high school level for five years, was an assistant coach at two high schools and head coach at one. He played three seasons at Southwest Texas State from 1970-72 before graduating in 1973.
He had a successful career as a collegiate assistant coach at The University of Texas and at Oklahoma University. Wright began his 42-year coaching career in the Texas high school ranks. He entered the collegiate world with Texas A&I University in 1979, then served as an assistant at North Texas State University from 1983-85, the University of Texas from 1986-97 and The University of Oklahoma from 1999-2015. He coached 21 bowl games during his illustrious career, including 16 with the Sooners.
Among many honors earned during his career, he received the Merv Johnson Integrity in Coaching Award in 2013. He has coached Zack Sanchez, who earned Freshman All-America accolades in 2013 at OU. wide receiver Mike Adams, who set every school single-season receiving record at Texas, and Longhorns’ kicker Phil Dawson, whose has been in the NFL for 16 seasons. He retired in January 2015.