Dear Coach Mike Gundy,
What a ride it has been! Thank you for your dedication to our program and fan base. No matter what anyone says about you, Mike Gundy, you have been loyal and true.
You were loyal when you first saddled up as an OSU Quarterback.
You were loyal as you served with dedication as an OSU Assistant Coach.
And now, you’ve been loyal as our OSU Head Coach for 21 years.
Since you took over the Oklahoma State Football Program, we have seen our school ascend to new heights in the world of college football.
You built us into a more respected program.
You got us into bowl games, led us to win thrilling rivalries, and even helped us win our first Big 12 Conference Title!
We have had highs and we had had lows, but isn’t that the life of a cowboy?
No matter what life throws at us, we saddle up and ride again.
Although the sun has set on another era in Stillwater, your dedication to the program, the players, and our school will always be remembered.
Just as OSU was created as a Land-Grant University which paved a new way for generations of students to learn, we thank you for paving a new way for decades of students, alumni, and fans.
I don’t know if you’ll ever read this note, but thank you Coach Gundy for the memories, the dance moves, the mullet, and the memorable one-liners.
Most of all, thank you for not only bleeding orange, but also embodying what OSU Orange really means. Two words: Loyal & True.
And even though you are no longer 40, there’s no question, you are still and always will be The Man!
Go Pokes!
-Brandon Baumgarten
Class of 2016
Oklahoma State University
Brandon Baumgarten 