His UCA Bears teams also won seven straight Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) championships from 1983 to 1989.
He was a part of Razorback teams that won or shared Southwest Conference (SWC) championships in each of his three seasons, as well as winning the 1960 Gator Bowl.
He became the head football coach at Bald Knob High School in Bald Knob, Arkansas, and after three successful seasons he was hired as the head football coach at Forrest City High School in Forrest City, Arkansas.
[1][2] Horton left UCA after the 1989 season and returned to the University of Arkansas in 1990 as an administrator for the athletics department and football operations.
[3] Horton is the father of Air Force Academy running backs coach and special teams coordinator Tim Horton, who also played for Arkansas as a wide receiver from 1986 to 1989, winning two SWC championships of his own in 1988 and 1989.