Edith Royal, the wife of former Texas football coach Darrell Royal and the matriarch of the Longhorn program, died Monday at the age of 98.
Sarkisian said Edith sent over a gracious video message when he became coach of the Longhorns in 2021.
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On Monday, Sarkisian said his program hopes to honor the legacy that Darrell and Edith Royal left on the Texas campus.
Darrell Royal, who died in 2012, was a championship-winning coach from 1957-76 and the namesake of Royal-Memorial Stadium.
“I did not get to meet Coach Royal, but I got a wonderful video message from Edith when I first got the job here that I still have,” he said. “The impact that they’ve had here, not only at the University of Texas, but in Austin, the impact that Coach Royal had on the game of football itself.
“The fact that I get to sit in the same chair he did is pretty humbling. You know, it’s definitely an honor. Hopefully, we can go out and play a brand of football that he’d be proud of.”
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