Frank Bridges

Frank Bridges
	Bridges pictured in The Round-Up 1921, Baylor yearbook
Biographical details
Born	July 4, 1890; Savannah, Georgia
Died	June 10, 1970 (aged 79); San Antonio, Texas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919	Fort Smith HS (AK)
1920–1925	Baylor
1927–1929	Simmons (TX)
1933–1934	Texas Military College
1935–1939	St. Mary's (TX)
1943	Brooklyn Dodgers (assistant)
1944	Brooklyn Tigers
Basketball
1920–1926	Baylor
1927–1929	Simmons (TX)
1935–1939	St. Mary's (TX)
Baseball
1920–1927	Baylor
1938	St. Mary's (TX)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1920–1926	Baylor
Head coaching record
Overall	82–53–17 (college football); 104–135 (college basketball); 95–73 (college baseball, excluding St. Mary's); 0–5 (NFL)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 2 SWC (1922, 1924); ; Basketball; 2 Alamo (1936–1937)

Frank Bogart Bridges Sr. (July 4, 1890 – June 10, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Baylor University from 1920 to 1925, Simmons University—now known as Hardin–Simmons University—from 1927 to 1929, and St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas from 1935 to 1939. Bridges was also the head basketball coach at Baylor from 1920 to 1926, at Simmons from 1927 to 1929, and at St. Mary's from 1935 to 1939, tallying a career college basketball mark of 104–135. In addition, he was Baylor's head baseball coach from 1920 to 1927, amassing a record of 95–73, and the head baseball coach at St. Mary's in 1938. In 1944, Bridges served as the co-head coach with Pete Cawthon and Ed Kubale for the Brooklyn Tigers of the National Football League (NFL). He graduated from Harvard University.^[1]

Coaching career

Bridges coached high school football in Fort Smith, Arkansas.^[1] During his tenure as head football coach at Baylor University, Bridges compiled a 35–18–6 record. His winning percentage of .644 ranks third in school history, behind R. H. Hamilton (.786) and Bob Woodruff (.645). In 1921 and 1922, he led the Bears to consecutive eight-win seasons. Bridges won the school's first two Southwest Conference championships, in 1922 and 1924. Baylor did not win another until 1974. From 1927 to 1929, he coached at Hardin–Simmons University where he posted a 16–13–4 record.

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Baylor Bears (Southwest Conference) (1920–1925)
1920	Baylor	4–4–1	1–2–1	5th
1921	Baylor	8–3	2–2	4th
1922	Baylor	8–3	5–0	1st
1923	Baylor	5–1–2	1–1–2	T–4th
1924	Baylor	7–2–1	4–0–1	1st
1925	Baylor	3–5–2	0–3–2	7th
Baylor:		35–18–6	13–8–6
Simmons Cowboys (Texas Conference) (1927–1929)
1927	Simmons	5–3–2	2–1–2	2nd
1928	Simmons	6–6–1	2–3	T–4th
1929	Simmons	5–4–1	1–3–1	T–4th
Simmons:		16–13–4	5–7–3
St. Mary's Rattlers (Independent) (1935)
1935	St. Mary's	6–4–1
St. Mary's Rattlers (Alamo Conference) (1936–1939)
1936	St. Mary's	7–3–2	1–1	T–1st
1937	St. Mary's	7–2–2	1–0–1	T–1st
1938	St. Mary's	6–9	0–2	3rd
1939	St. Mary's	5–4–2	1–2	3rd
St. Mary's:		31–22–7	3–5–1
Total:		82–53–17
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

^ ^a ^b Maxymuk, John (August 7, 2012). NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011. ISBN 9780786492954.

External links

Frank Bridges at Find a Grave

[nlfbio-1] Maxymuk, John (August 7, 2012). NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011. ISBN 9780786492954.

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