Jump to content

List of Texas A&M Aggies head football coaches

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BlueAg09 (talk | contribs) at 15:05, 15 January 2018 (replaced picture). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

A man at a college football press conference
Jimbo Fisher, head coach of the Aggies

The Texas A&M Aggies football program is a college football team that represents Texas A&M University in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team has had 27 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1894. Texas A&M University was a charter member of the Southwest Conference, joining in 1915, while then known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas or Texas A.M.C. Texas A&M became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the Southwest Conference disbanded.[1] The Aggies subsequently left the Big 12 following the 2011 season and joined as the 13th member of the SEC effective for the 2012 season.[2] The team nickname is the Aggies, a reference to the agricultural roots of the university.[3] The Aggies have played in 1,244 games during their 122 completed  seasons. In those seasons, twelve coaches have led Texas A&M to postseason bowl games: Dana X. Bible, Homer H. Norton, Robert Harry Stiteler, Bear Bryant, Gene Stallings, Emory Bellard, Tom Wilson, Jackie Sherrill, R. C. Slocum, Dennis Franchione, Mike Sherman, and Kevin Sumlin. Seven coaches have won conference championships with the Aggies: Bible, Norton, Bryant, Stallings, Bellard, Sherrill and Slocum. Bible and Norton are the only coaches to have won a national championship at Texas A&M.

Slocum is the all-time leader in games coached (172), total wins (123) and is tied with Norton for years coached (14). D. V. Graves has the highest winning percentage of any Aggies coach with a 6–1 record (.857) in his only year. Of coaches who served more than one season, Walter E. Bachman leads with a .813 winning percentage. Henry Foldberg is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Aggies have had (.217). Of the 27 Aggie coaches, six have been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame: Bible, Madison Bell, Norton, Bryant, Stallings and Slocum. Slocum is the only coach to have received any coach of the year accolades, winning the Southwest Conference Coach of the Year award three years in a row.

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CCs

[A 6]

NCs

1 F. D. Perkins 1894 2 1 1 0 .500 — — — — — — — — — —
2 A. M. Soule & H. W. South 1896 3 2 0 1 .833 — — — — — — — — — —
3 C. W. Taylor 1897 3 1 2 0 .333 — — — — — — — — — —
4 H. W. Williams 1898 6 4 2 0 .667 — — — — — — — — — —
5 W. A. Murray 1899–1901 16 7 8 1 .469 — — — — — — — — — —
6 J. E. Platt 1902–1904 26 18 5 3 .750 — — — — — — — — — —
7 Walter E. Bachman 1905–1906 16 13 3 0 .813 — — — — — — — — — —
8 L. L. Larson 1907 8 6 1 1 .813 — — — — — — — — — —
9 Ned Merriam 1908 10 4 5 1 .375 — — — — — — — — — —
10 Charley Moran 1909–1914 48 37 8 3 .800 — — — — — — — — — —
11 Edwin Harlan 1915–1916 18 13 5 0 .722 3 2 0 .600 — — — — — —
12 Dana X. Bible[7]† 1917, 1919–1928 100 72 19 9 .765 26 15 7 .615 1 0 0 5 2 — 1919, 1927 —
13 D. V. Graves 1918 7 6 1 0 .857 1 1 0 .500 — — — — — —
14 Madison A. Bell[8]† 1929–1933 48 24 21 3 .531 8 14 3 .380 — — — — — —
15 Homer H. Norton[9]† 1934–1947 144 82 53 9 .601 40 35 7 .530 2 2 0 3 1 – 1939 —
16 Harry Stiteler 1948–1950 31 8 21 2 .290 3 13 2 .222 1 0 0 — — —
17 Raymond George 1951–1953 30 12 14 4 .467 3 12 3 .250 — — — — — —
18 Paul "Bear" Bryant[10]† 1954–1957 41 25 14 2 .634 14 9 1 .604 0 1 0 1 — —
19 James A. Myers 1958–1961 40 12 24 4 .350 5 18 3 .250 — — — — — —
20 Henry Foldberg 1962–1964 30 6 23 1 .217 5 15 1 .262 — — — — — —
21 Gene Stallings[11]† 1965–1971 73 27 45 1 .377 19 30 0 .388 1 0 0 1 — —
22 Emory Bellard[A 7] 1972–1978 81 52 28 1 .648 29 18 0 .617 1 2 0 1 — —
23 Tom Wilson[A 7] 1978–1981 34 17 17 0 .500 14 15 0 .483 2 0 0 — — —
24 Jackie Sherrill 1982–1988 81 52 29 0 .642 36 17 1 .676 2 1 0 3 — —
25 R. C. Slocum[13]† 1989–2002 172 123 47 2 .721 78 28 2 .731 3 8 0 4 — Southwest Conference Coach of the Year (1991, 1992, 1993)[14][15]
26 Dennis Franchione 2003–2007 60 32 28 — .533 19 21 — .475 0 2 — — — —
Int Gary Darnell 2007 1 0 1 — .000 0 0 — .000 0 1 — — — —
27 Mike Sherman 2008–2011 50 25 25 — .500 15 18 — .455 0 1 — — — —
Int Tim DeRuyter 2011 1 1 0 — 1.000 0 0 — .000 1 0 — — — —
28 Kevin Sumlin 2012–2017 65 44 21 — .677 21 19 — .525 3 2 — — — SEC Coach of the Year (2012)
Int Jeff Banks 2017 1 0 1 — .000 0 0 — .000 0 0 — — — —
Jimbo Fisher 2018–Present 0 0 0 — – 0 0 — .000 0 0 — — — —

Notes

  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[4]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2011 college football season.
  6. ^ Texas A&M did not join a conference until 1915.
  7. ^ a b Emory Ballard resigned in the middle of the 1978 season, after going 4–2 (1–2 in conference). Tom Wilson replaced him and finished the season 4–2 (3–2 in conference).[12]

References

General
  • "Texas A&M Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2010-02-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • "Aggie Football Through the Years". AggieAthletics.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  • "Aggie Football's Championships". AggieAthletics.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
Specific
  1. ^ "Southwest Athletic Conference: An Inventory of Its Records, 1914–1996 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library". Texas Archival Resources Online. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2009-12-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Texas A&M officially joins SEC". ESPN.com. The Associated Press. 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  3. ^ Greenwald, Michael (2006-12-24). "Crash course in rooting for Aggies". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-03-03. Aggies: the school's nickname, reminds us of its agricultural roots when most students were farmers or ranchers. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  5. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  6. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  7. ^ "Hall of Famers: Dana Bible". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-02-08.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Hall of Famers: Matty "Moanin' Matty" Bell". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-02-24.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Hall of Famers: Homer Norton". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-02-24.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Hall of Famers: Paul "Bear" Bryant". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-02-24.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Hall of Famers: Gene Stallings". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2012-08-06.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Texas A&M's Bellard Resigns". Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Associated Press. 1978-10-25. p. C1. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  13. ^ Zwerneman, Brent (2012-05-15). "Aggies' Slocum earns Hall of Fame nod". Houston Chronicle. Houston, Texas. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  14. ^ "Aggies dominate SWC team". The Victoria Advocate. Victoria, Texas. The Associated Press. 1991-12-06. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  15. ^ "Texas A&M At Colorado". Lawrence Journal-World. Lawrence, Kansas. 1997-10-04. p. 7C. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Texas_A%26M_Aggies_head_football_coaches&oldid=820596968"