Open Door Policy

Having not had a winning season since 1991, Steve Kragthorpe rolled into Tulsa two years ago and led the Golden Hurricane to an overall 8-5 record. In the process, Tulsa played in the school’s first bowl game in 12 years. His coaching job helped produce the biggest turnaround in Division I-A in the 2003 season and Kragthorpe was named WAC Coach of the Year. While Tulsa slipped to 4-8 last fall, optimism is high this season as the Golden Hurricane begin their first season as a member of Conference USA. The 26th head coach in Tulsa history, Kragthorpe came with 15 years of experience as both a college and professional coach. His experience goes much further. His father Dave was an assistant coach at Montana, South Dakota State, and BYU and then head coach at Idaho State. The elder Kragthorpe then went on to coach at Oregon State after serving as athletics director at Utah State for two