Skipper Driver, an accomplished calf roper, team roper, and steer wrestler, took the helm as the head rodeo coach at Howard College in 1979 where he helped carry on his tradition of excellence for more than 10 years.  

Always a “hands-on” coach, he took his rodeo team to the top level every year as they made the trip to the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Finals Rodeo.   

At Texas Tech University, Driver was a member of the collegiate rodeo team where he qualified for the NIRA Finals Rodeo on two different occasions and was also named the Southwest Regional Champion calf roper in 1965. Aside from being on the rodeo team, he served two terms as president of the Tech Rodeo Association and was named winner of the Dub Parks Memorial Award. 

His ties to professional rodeo began early and carried out through his life as he was a Gold Card member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association and served as director of the Big Spring Cowboy Reunion.  

Skipper Driver passed away on April 20, 2011 at the age of 67.