Lynn Shackelford gets credit for every win he’s ever had as the Cashion High School football coach.

But he’s also quick to deflect that same credit, whether it be to talented players or a dedicated coaching staff.

And one man in particular.

“The success we’ve had…Cashion football would not be what it has been over the last 22 years without him,” Shackelford said. “Every win I’ve had during that time is directly reflected in his ability.

“He can take as much credit for them as I can.”

Shackelford is referencing D.L. “Dud” Robertson, the one-time Cashion head football coach who began serving as an assistant once Shackelford took over the program.

Together they won a lot of eight-man football games, helped transition Cashion into 11-man and drove the program to the height of Class A football by winning back-to-back state championships in 2020 and 2021.

So Shackelford will be honored Friday night, June 14, when he stands at the podium and introduces Robertson as one of the newest inductees into the Oklahoma Eight-Man Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

“I think it’s long over-due,” Shackelford said.

Robertson is a 1980 graduate of Claremore High School who went on to play on the offensive line for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

He not only earned his degree from SWOSU, but that’s also where he met his wife, Sally.

The two married in 1987 and later had two children: Dexton, who is now 29, and Tatum, now 23.

One year after the couple married, Robertson accepted a job on Terry Shamley’s staff at Cashion.

And one year after that, Robertson became the head coach of the program and guided the Wildcats to the state semifinals in his first season.

Robertson led Cashion for 15 years before taking a few years off.

When Shackelford was named the head coach in 2006, his first call was to Robertson.

The former head coach joined Shackelford as the offensive and defensive line coach.

On top of winning the two state titles, Cashion reached three other state championship games, has been to the semifinals seven times and won 12 district titles.

Robertson also was a coach on the Cashion girls’ 2018 Class 2A track and field championship team. He coached the throwers, which included his daughter, Tatum.

On top of that, Shackelford said one of Robertson’s greatest contributions to eight-man football was starting powerlifting within the association.

“It wasn’t even a thing before he came along,” Shackelford said. “And then it turned into a really big deal. We hosted the state meet and there’d be 500 kids here.”

Cashion lifters have won two powerlifting team state championships and seven individual state titles under Robertson’s guidance.

Furthermore, Shackelford said Robertson’s imball, pact goes well beyond the football field and weight room.

“He’s a hall of fame coach just because of the human being he is above all else,” Shackelford said. “His ability to impact a life of a young person is second to none. You can pick a random kid who’s gone to Cashion in the last 36 years and they’ll sit and rave about him for as long as you’ll listen, whether they played football for him or not.

“As a coach, everyone should strive to have the ability to have that kind of impact.”

The hall of fame ceremony will be held in Miami as part of the Oklahoma Eight-Man Football Coaches Association All-Star Game weekend. That game itself will be played at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College.