College Football Coach Darrell Royal Dies - kcentv.com - KCEN HD - Waco, Temple, and Killeen

(KCEN) -- One of college football's most legendary coaches has died.

Darrell Royal was 32-years-old when he took the head coaching job at the University of Texas back in 1956.

He had previously coached at Mississippi State and Washington.

In all his years as a head coach, he never had a losing season.

Royal suffered from Alzheimer's disease and recently had a fall at the assisted living center where he was being cared for.

He was 88 years old.