The Battalion College Station (Brazos County?, Texas
Thursday, August 27, 1959
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Myers Heads Lineup
Of Football Coaches
Jim Myers, head coach and di
rector of athletics at Ag'R'ieland,
g-uided the Aggies in 1958 to a 4-G
record in first year at A&M.
Myers’ first-year record at A&M
was much better than was forecast
and his upset victories over Baylor
and Rice astounded the Southwest
conference.
Myers converted the Aggies
from a split-T team to the single
wing and the passing from this
offense set 15 new school records.
Charley Milstead, his junior tail
back, led the nation and conference
in total offense much of the year
and finished high nationally at the
end of the year.
James Arthur Myers was born
37 years ago in Madison, W. Va.
He played high school ball at Scott
High in Madison, graduating in
1940. He played freshman ball at
Tennessee in 1940 and varsity in
1941 and 1942 under John Barn
hill, now athletic director at Ar
kansas. He played in the 1943 Su
gar Bowl when the Vols defeated
Tulsa.
He played in high school at Scott
high in Madison and after gradu
ation in 1940, enrolled at the Uni
versity of Tennessee on a football
scholarship. He played freshman
•ball for the Volunteers in 1940 and
varsity ball in 1941 and 1942, all
Under John Barnhill, now athletic
director at Arkansas. He played
in the 1943 Sugar bowl game when
the Vols defeated Tulsa.
He joined the Marine Corps in
1943 and played football at Duke
in the Marine V-12 program. After
attaining the rank of captain in
the Marines and serving overseas,
Myers returned to Tennessee for
his senior year in the fall of 1946
and played his final year under
Gen. Bob Neyland.
Following graduation in 1947
Myers was” assistant coach at Wof
ford College in 1947 before becom
ing an assistant to the late Red
Sanders at Vanderbilt in 1948. He
moved to UCLA with Sanders in
1949 and was No. 1 assistant there
until taking the Iowa State job in
1957.
He is married to the former
Carolyn Agee, whom he met in
college, and the couple has three
daughters, 11-year old Susan,
Kathy, 8, and Carol, 7.
BUD SHERROD
Top assistant to Head Coach Jim
Myers is Bud Sherrod, former all-
America end at the University of
Tennessee and an assistant at Tex
as Tech the past five years.
Sherrod, 30, is a native of Knox
ville, Tenn., and is a member of
the all-time, all-Tennessee grid
team.
Following graduation in 1951,
Sherrod entered the Air Force and
played service ball at Carswell Air
Force Base at Fort Worth in 1951
and 1952. He joined the Tech staff
in 1953 where he has served until
coming to A&M in 1958. He will
work with the ends at Aggieland.
RUSS FAULK INBERRY
Russ Faulkinberry, 29-year old
former Vanderbilt star, will coach
the tackles.
Faulkinberry was captain and
all-Southeastern tackle in 1950, his
final season at Vandy. As a fresh
man and sophomore . Russ played
under Jim Myers when the latter
was assistant to the late Red San
ders. Faulkinberry was graduated
in 1951 with six letters in foot
ball and track.
He was born in Murfreesboro,
Tenn., and earned 11 letters in
football, basketball and track at
Baylor prep school.
Following his collegiate career,
Faulkinberry coached at Gallatin,
Tenn., High School in 1951, then
spent four years in the Navy with
coaching experience at the San
Diego and Long Beach Naval Sta
tions.
WILLIE ZAPALAC
Backfield Coach
A native Texan, Willie Zapalac
is the only A&M graduate on the
Aggie coaching staff and is one of
the two members of the Paul Bry
ant staff retained by Head Coach
Jim Myers.
Zapalac will work with the de
fensive backs, blocking backs and
fullbacks.
A Bellville, Tex., product, Zapa
lac scored a record 245 points his
senior year at Bellville high, then
came to A&M where he played
varsity ball under Coach Homer
Norton in 1941, 1942 and 1946.
Following graduation in 1947
Zapalac played a year of profes
sional ball with the Pittsburgh
Steelers before beginning his
coaching career. Zapalac served as
head coach at John Tarleton, Hills
boro and Arlington State before
joining the Aggie staff in 1953.
DOUG BRADLEY
Doug Bradley, 23-year old tail
back coach, is the youngest mem
ber of Jim Myers’ Aggie staff.
Bradley was born in Levelland,
Tex., but moved to Los Angeles
in his childhood and lettered three
years in football at Fremont High
at LA before entering UCLA.
He was tailback for the UCLA
Bruins in 1954, 1955 and 1956,
earning three varsity lettei’s, be
fore beginning his coaching ca
reer under Myers at Iowa State
in 1957.
ELMER SMITH
Senior member of the Aggie
coaching staff is Elmer Smith, one
of two members of Paul Bryant’s
staff retained by Head Coach Jim
Myers.
Smith came to A&M with Bry
ant in 1954 after being head coach
for eight years at Southern Arkan
sas State College at Magnolia.
A graduate of Danville, Ark.,
high school, Smith was a four-
year sport letterman at Hendrix
College at Conway, Ark. He is a
1931 graduate of Hendrix.
Following graduation Smith
served as assistant at Hendrix un
til 1936 when he went to Centenary
College at Shreveport as assistant
coach.
He served in the Navy during
WWII and reached the rank of
lieutenant commander.
Elmer’s duties at A&M will be
to work with centers and line
backers.
MATT LAIR
Matt Lair, defensive line coach
the past five years at Kentucky,
will be in charge of defensive
guards and tackles at A&M this
fall.
Lair joined the Aggie staff in
February, 1959, and participated in
spring practice.
The 34-year old Lair has de
veloped some outstanding linemen
while at Kentucky, latest being
Lou Michaels, all-American star of
1957 who teamed with A&M’s
Charley Krueger in helping the
College All-Stars down the De
troit Lions last August.
He played four years at Ken
tucky, graduating in 1948. He was
a blocking back under Ab Kirwan
in 1941 gnd 1942 and after serving
as a B-17 gunner in Italy during
World War II, returned as a guard
on Paul Bryant’s 1946-47 Kentucky
teams. He holds a masters degree
from Kentucky.
A native of Paris, Ky., where he
played fullback and tailback for
Collier in high school, Lair is mar
ried to the former Helen Davis of
Lexington, Ky. The couple has no
children.
BILL JONES
A graduate of Vanderbilt Uni
versity where he played varsity
football with Coach Russ Faulkin
berry, Bill Jones is one of the three
native Texans on the Aggie staff
of Jim Myers.
Jones, 32, is a native of Abilene
and attended high school at San
Angelo. He played his first col
legiate football for San Angelo
Junior College in 1946 and 1947
after spending four years in the
Navy.
He played for Vanderbilt in 1948
and 1949 and following graduation
in 1950 coached the next five sea
sons at Hillsboro high school in
Nashville. He is a brother to Ellis
Jones, former all-America guard
at Tulsa.
CHARLES E. (Smokey)
HARPER
Charles E. (Smokey) Harper,
athletic trainer at A&M for the
past four years has been in the
business since 1926. A graduate
of Mercer College in Macon, Ga.,
Smokey served as trainer at Clem-
son, Vanderbilt, Florida, Alabama,
UCLA and Kentucky before com
ing to A&M in 1954. He has served
as trainer in all of the major bowl
games at least once.
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multiple offense in second year
‘Fish’ Trackmen Look Promising
With the signing of outstanding
high school talent, the 1960 A&M
freshman track team looks promis-
inf, Cinder Coach Charlie Thomas
said recently.
New Mexico State sprint cham
pion, Curtis Roberts, who has
burned the century in 9.6 seconds
has already signed. El Campo’s
ace sprinted, Eugene Dornak, who
has clocked a 9.7 hundred and an
impressive 21.2 220 will also be
with the Aggies, Thomas said.
John Kent, Catholic State sprint
champion, who will be up on a
gridiron scholarship, stated that he
also wanted to run track. Kent,
too, has hit a 9.7 century.
For the middle distance the Ag
gies have signed Gerald Jamail
from St. Thomas of Houston and
Edwin Korenek of El Campo. Both
boys have run the 880 below the
1.59 mark.
It is not likely that the tradi
tional Aggie domination of the
field events will be broken either.
State Champion discus thrower
Terry Robinson and Charles
Hoppe, the might shot putter from
Bay City will supply the muscle
power.
“The freshman team looks
mighty promising,” said Coach
Thomas. “Just a few more gaps
to fill and we’ll be ready to roll
next spring.”
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