The beloved Houston Oilers coach was kind, inspiring, and effective—but his brand of leadership is falling out of favor.

Houston has produced plenty of elite basketball players from Clyde Drexler to T.J. Ford to Rashard Lewis, but none of them were able to match Slater Martin. Although the memories of his exploits ...

The Houston Oilers lost the AFC Championship in Pittsburgh on Jan. 6, 1980, the second straight year in which the Oilers -- led by head coach Bum Phillips-- fell one game short of the franchise's ...

“His care and desire to mold men was amazing.” Born in Orange, Texas, Phillips coached the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1980, leading “the NFL’s most frustrating team” to the AFC ...

at the Paramount Theatre. The documentary, narrated by actor Dennis Quaid, chronicles NFL coach Bum Phillips’ tenure with the Houston Oilers in the 1970s. “I can’t begin to tell you what an ...

Earl Campbell was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1978 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. Campbell, a Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Texas, went on to have a Hall of Fame career.