Leon Manley

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Leon Manley

Sport Football
Born c. 1927
Career highlights
Playing career
1947-1949 Oklahoma
Position Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1966-1974
1977-1980
Texas (OL)
Texas (OC)

Leon Manley (born c. 1927) is a former American football player and coach. He lettered for three seasons as guard at the University of Oklahoma from 1947-1949. Though he was selected in the 1950 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, Manley never played in the National Football League. He pursued a coaching career and was a longtime assistant under Darrell Royal at Texas, first as offensive line coach and later as offensive coordinator.


Preceded by
Don Breaux
Texas Longhorns Offensive coordinator
19771980
Succeeded by
Ron Toman