AUSTIN, Texas — DeLoss Dodds spent more than three decades as the athletic director at the University of Texas, so he knows the hurdles that come with one of the nation’s most high-profile athletic positions. There are dozens of big-money boosters to glad-hand, an ardent fan base to appease and a reputation to uphold. However, Dodds’s very first piece of advice to new AD Chris Del Conte back in 2017 involved none of the above. It was about an office desk and a bottle of brown liquor. “I told Del Conte, ‘Don’t screw with the desk and don’t drink the bourbon,’” Dodds laughs.
The Untold Story of the Desk of Texas's AD and an Unfinished Bottle of Jack Daniel's
