Cleve Bryant
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Cleve Bryant is the former head football coach of Ohio University
Ohio Bobcats football
The Ohio Bobcats football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team represents the university as a member of the Mid-American Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the Division 1 Bowl Subdivision level...

, and the former Associate Athletics Director for Football Operations for the Texas Longhorns football
Texas Longhorns football
The Texas Longhorns football program is the intercollegiate football team representing The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. The team currently competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National...

 team. His responsibilities ranged from administrative operations to scheduling, as well as day to day operations of the football team and its facilities. Bryant worked for Mack Brown
Mack Brown
William Mack Brown is head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team.Prior to his head coach position at Texas, Brown was head coach at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina. Brown is credited with revitalizing the Texas and North Carolina football programs...

 at North Carolina and followed Mack to Texas in 1998. Bryant was the wide receiver coach at Texas under John Mackovic
John Mackovic
John Mackovic is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of United States national American football team, which was formed to compete in the American Football World Cup...

 from 1992 to 1994, before he joined Mack Brown's staff at North Carolina.

He was dismissed from the University of Texas in March 2011 because a university investigation determined he sexually harassed a 24-year-old athletic department employee.

Bryant is married to Jean Bryant, a long-time academic advisor to the University of Texas football program.

College

Bryant attended Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...

 where he earned all conference honors in 1967 as the quarterback, while leading the Bobcats to a conference title. The Bobcats repeated the feat the following year, and Bryant went on to earn the MAC
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...

 Player of the Year honors.

He was drafted by the Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
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 in the 11th round during 1970 NFL Draft
1970 NFL Draft
The 1970 National Football League Draft was held on January 27–28, 1970.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

, but he did not make the team.

Bryant was inducted into the Ohio University Hall of Fame in 1975 and to the Citrus Bowl
Citrus Bowl
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Hall of Fame in 1988.
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