UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1991: Head coach Billy Tubbs of the Oklahoma Sooners looks on during an NCAA College basketball game circa 1991. Tubbs coached at Oklahoma from 1980-94. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
Billy Tubbs was hired as the 10th head coach of men’s Oklahoma basketball on April Fool’s Day in 1980. But Tubbs’ hire was no joke.
Just as Bud Wilkinson is remembered as the man who put Oklahoma football on the national map, Tubbs will forever be known as the man who did the same for Oklahoma basketball.
Tubbs was as colorful a character as they come and was often criticized for his fierce competitiveness and outspoken demeanor, but he also was an outstanding college coach.