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Thornton graduated from Texas Christian University ("TCU") in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He participated in varsity football and track and field at TCU. After graduating, he was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 14th round of the 1969 American Football League draft and started as a rookie wide receiver. He began his coaching career at Keller High School where he served as the athletics director and head football coach from 1977 - 1981.[1] In 1982, he became head coach of track and field at TCU[2] where he coached 72 NCAA All-Americans and his men’s team had five NCAA Top 10 finishes (1983, ’87, ’88, ’89 and ’91) and 11 Top 20 finishes. He also coached the TCU team to 39 major relay titles, including five NCAA 400-meter relay championships (1986, ’87, ’89, ’91 and ’95) and the 1983 1,600-meter relay national title.[1] In 1996, Thornton was hire as the head coach for the men's track and field team at UT. In 17 seasons, his team as finished in the top 15 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships 13 times, including finishing in the top five four times. He has coached the UT team to 19 top 10 NCAA finishes and 12 Big 12 conference titles (six indoor, six outdoor).[1] Thornton has also served as a coach in the following capacities:[1]
Thornton retired in 2013.[4] He was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2015.[5]
See alsoTexas Longhorns Track and Field2008 Summer Olympics TCU Horned Frogs Buffalo Bills Players 1969 NFL Draft List of American Football League players External links
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |title=Bubba Thornton Bio - TexasSports.com - Official website of University of Texas Athletics - Texas Longhorns |url=http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-track/mtt/bubba_thornton_359123.html |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517061041/http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-track/mtt/bubba_thornton_359123.html |archivedate=2013-05-17 |df= }} {{Footer USA Track & Field 2000 Summer Olympics}}{{Footer USA Track & Field 2008 Summer Olympics}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thornton, Bubba}}2. ^Men's Track and Field Head Coach Bubba Thornton retires | The Daily Texan 3. ^Coach Bubba Thornton to retire after 18 years at Texas - Flotrack 4. ^Texas Longhorns Athletics - Men's Track and Field head coach Thornton to retire 5. ^{{Cite web |url=http://ttfca2.wixsite.com/txtfhalloffame/inductees# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116170038/http://ttfca2.wixsite.com/txtfhalloffame/inductees# |archive-date=2017-01-16 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 7 : 1947 births|Living people|Texas Christian University alumni|Athletics (track and field) coaches|Place of birth missing (living people)|TCU Horned Frogs football players|Buffalo Bills players |
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