Jim Myers

Jim Myers
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1921-11-12)November 12, 1921 Madison, West Virginia
Playing career
1941–1942 1944 1946	Tennessee Card-Pitt (off-season member) Tennessee
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1947 1948 1949–1956 1957 1958–1961 1962–1986	Wofford (OL) Vanderbilt (OL) UCLA (OC/OL) Iowa State Texas A&M Dallas Cowboys (OC/OL)
Head coaching record
Overall	16–29–5
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

James A. "Jim" Myers (born Nov 12, 1921) is a former American football coach. He coached for 40 years at the collegiate and professional level. He is probably most remembered for his time as line coach and (since 1971) associated head coach with the Dallas Cowboys under Tom Landry. He was also an offseason member of the Card-Pitt team in 1944, playing as a guard. Card-Pitt was the contraction of the Cardinals and Steelers teams during World War II and was generally considered one of the worst teams in history, finishing 0–10 and outscored by 220 points.

After serving as line coach and offensive coordinator under Henry Russell Sanders at the Vanderbilt University and later University of California, Los Angeles, Myers became head coach at Iowa State University in 1957, where he compiled a 4–5–1 record. He later coached at Texas A&M from 1958 to 1961. His record there stands at 12–24–4. Myers frequently used a single-wing formation he had learned at Tennessee under head coach Robert Neyland.

Myers was hired by Tom Landry to coach the Dallas Cowboys offensive line in 1962. He later became offensive coordinator and associate head coach.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Iowa State Cyclones (Big Seven Conference) (1957)
1957	Iowa State	4–5–1	2–4	T–5th
Iowa State:		4–5–1	2–4
Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1958–1961)
1958	Texas A&M	4–6	2–4	T–5th
1959	Texas A&M	3–7	0–6	7th
1960	Texas A&M	1–6–3	0–4–3	7th
1961	Texas A&M	4–5–1	3–4	4th
Texas A&M:		12–24–4	5–18–3
Total:		16–29–5