THE BATTALION
Friday, September 28, 1973
College Station, Texas
Page 9
‘Brain Coach’ Role Fits Bumgardner
By RICK BROWN
There are football coaches,
track coaches, swimming coaches,
baseball coaches and then there
is coach Max Bumgardner. He is
a brain coach.
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Max Bumgardner
Officially titled Academic
Counselor for the A&M athletic
department, Bumgardner is rela
tively new at A&M. He came
with coach Emory Bellard last
year, having been head coach at
San Angelo State for 19 years.
Bumgardner's position places in
his hands responsibility for some
,00 athletes anytime they are not
in practice. Somehow he man
ages to do it, and apparently, do
it well.
Every athlete approached had
nothing but praise for Bumgard
ner, with linebacker John Mc-
Crumbly saying, “He really cares
about us. If I have a problem, I
can always go to coach Bum.”
As “brain coach” Bumgardner
oversees the athletic tutorial pro
gram designed for all athletes re
gardless of academic standing.
Freshman football players are
required to attend two tutorial
sessions a week during football
season, the rest of the program
being voluntary. All athletes,
however, are encouraged to par
ticipate, the degree of the en
couragement, depending to a
great extent on their GPR. Coach
“Bum” utilizes as many as 30
paid tutors per semester to assist
those athletes needing or request
ing help. Using mostly grad stu
dents a s tutors, he prepares
those with undergraduate experi
ence at A&M.
Bumgardner keeps close con
tact with members of the faculty
as well as his athletes. He main
tains progress charts on each
student and makes sure they at
tend class as often as possible.
He requests information from the
faculty regarding poor perform
ance by any athlete in order that
they may receive any special help
necessary. Bumgardner says
“These guys spend up to six
hours a day either in practice or
discussions with coaches. Some
times they miss classes due to
games or meets. We use the tu
torial program to try and com
pensate for the dedication they
have to give to be a good athlete.
We don’t tell them what courses
to take or set up special jock
courses. We just try to help
them with whatever they want to
take.” And help them he does.
No fewer than 11 students were
in for advice on everything from
hurt knees to where to stay dur
ing the one hour this reporter
was there.
Coach “Bum” is just that, a
coach. He loves athletics and he
loves his athletes. He said, “We
(the coaches) like to think that
football or baseball or whatever
is uppermost in the minds of our
athletes and that athletics comes
first. But when it comes right
down to it, their education is
really number one. And that’s
what our tutorial program is all
about.” And that’s what coach
Bum is all about.
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