Dress code for coaches...............

[K2C Sooner]

Anyone remember the day when college, pro football coaches changed from power suits to the casual look we see today? Bear Bryant and I think Darrell Royal wore suits on the sidelines into the 60's. One day they just disappeared and now we see visors and ball caps. Man those suit wearing coaches looked like C.E.O's on the field. I liked them. Brent Venables may be the worse, especially with his antics on the sideline.

I still picture Tom Laundry with suit, tie and fedora.

My youngest daughter visited me before going to work and her outfit was horrible. I asked her if she was changing clothes before work and she told me they had no dress code.

I have a question for all you working people, what is your dress code at work?

BTW, A photo........

 

[Senior Sooner]

As I started reading your excellent post, K2C, an image of 'Bud' popped into my head. I was pleasantly surprised, when this scrolled into view. Thank You, for choosing it. He was CLASS, Personified...

 

[K2C Sooner]

As I started reading your excellent post, K2C, an image of 'Bud' popped into my head. I was pleasantly surprised, when this scrolled into view. Thank You, for choosing it. He was CLASS, Personified...

Well thank you Senior. I'm glad I didn't post a picture of Bo Pelino or Ken Hatfield on the sideline looking like they were ready to get on a tractor....HA!

 

[CTOkie]

Lots of things are gone from the days of coaches wearing suits. I don't really care what coaches wear, but we have evolved into a society of slobs (which means more than not being well-dressed) in too many cases.

 

[veritas59]

What I find to be a real shame, is that we have to have dress codes at all.

 

[Plainosooner]

Go look at a game picture from the 50s. Like look at OU pics where you can see the crowd. All the men in the stands wore at least a shirt and tie. Many wore sport coats.

Chuck Fairbanks was among the first to wear kind of upscale casual on the sidelines. Landry wasn't the only guy in the 60s that wore a coat and tie. Most of the NFL coaches did. Landry just coached longer. In Super Bowl II, Lombardi's last game as Packer coach, they carried him off the field in January 1968. He wore a short sleeve dress shirt and tie. So did the coach on the Raider sidelines. John Raush I believe.

I remember my dad who had a clerk job at the Katy railroad in Tulsa during the 50s. He didn't just wear a tie to work. He wore a dress hat, as did most American men. That practice changed when John Kennedy became president, and never wore a hat, except at formal occasions. The big difference between Tom Landry and other NFL coaches wasn't the sport coat and tie, or suit and tie. It was the dress hat, for 29 seasons.

So when men at Sooner games in the 50s were wearing a coat and tie, they were "dressing down." Because most weren't wearing their dress hat..... like OU's HC, shown in your picture.

I also remember Bum Phillips wearing his cowboy hat on the sidelines, but only at most away games, because both of his NFL HC coaching stops, the home team played in a dome. And as Bum explained, he didn't wear his hat to home games, "Because my mama taught me to take my hat off, indoors."

 

[runningback43]

I'm sure part of the reason they wear polo's, hats and visors is to help sell the merchandise. There is a lot of money brought into each University from merchandise. I know that I have purchased some of the sideline gear just because I've seen it on the sidelines of an OU game.

 

[JConXtsy]

"Dress for the job you want, not the job you've got."

 

[veritas59]

"Dress for the job you want, not the job you've got."

I tried that, but they told me I couldn't wear a cape around the machinery.

 

[JConXtsy]

I tried that, but they told me I couldn't wear a cape around the machinery.

They probably let you keep your helmet on though.

Sorry, I had to. You lobbed it up for me.

 

[PtLavacaSooner]

I have a question for all you working people, what is your dress code at work?

BTW, A photo........

If I'm cutting down trees... snake boots, chaps, safety glasses, gloves, long sleeves, OU hard hat...

If I'm milling wood... jeans, boots, OU shirt and cap, safety glasses...

If I'm building you a coffin... shorts or jeans, tennis shoes, OU shirt and cap...

 

[Dastardly Deed]

PJs all day.

Wait, did you say "working people"?

Never mind ...

 

[WhyNotaSooner]

When I worked for the man, I wore what he wanted all to wear. I now for myself, ultimately my clients and direct customers, in a weird way, they expect the same. My point is, dress codes are in play everywhere & everyday. Even the cruiseline industry on their 'formal' nights, have watched a huge drop in those who dress up for dinner. So, pretty much they now call it 'suggested' attire.

Times change. And while it was pleasant to see so called CEOs on the field, in reality, they were seriously over dressed for their jobs.

 

[Schoonerman]

Times change and it's been 50 years since football coaches wore suits 'to work.' Most basketball coaches wear a suit and tie, but more and more are wearing more casual attire. Football coaches (including the staff) have shifted away from suits to casual wear, which I'm okay with.

 

[MdSooner#1]

I never understood why baseball managers wore a uniform? Well, I do from a historical perspective)

Maybe because in the old days managers did manage and play and the tradition just continued thru today.

I see no reason for that practice to continue to today though.

 

[barkingwater2000]

Funny to look back and see coaches actually smoking on the sidelines

 

[runningback43]

I like that baseball managers and coaches wear the team uniform. I might be wrong on this, but I think Connie Mack didn't wear the team uniform when he managed.

 

[JConXtsy]

I like that baseball managers and coaches wear the team uniform. I might be wrong on this, but I think Connie Mack didn't wear the team uniform when he managed.

Tradition. Player captains used to call the shots during the game. I guess the first managers that moved down to the field to call the shots probably dressed to make themselves look like captains.

 

[HighStickHarry]

Some of the older welders get on the young guys for all of the holes in their clothes at my place of work.

 

[JConXtsy]

Some of the older welders get on the young guys for all of the holes in their clothes at my place of work.

The difference between a pro and an amateur when it comes to work. I always rest easy when I leave work with someone clean. When someone looks really dirty, I start to doubt their abilities.