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Head coaches
colorful part
of grid history
By DON MIDDLETON
and
JOHN ADAMS
Previously in this column we
began a discussion of Aggie football,
but a thorough recount of grid his
tory at Texas A&M University
would be incomplete without a look
at some of the men who turned
tow-headed farm boys into football
machines — the head coaches.
In 1897 Texas A&M hired its first
official football coach, a graduate of
Bilker University in Kansas named
Charles T. Taylor. Taylor was paid
$150 for one month of service. Of
the three games that Taylor
coached, two of them were losing
efforts. Taylor was not rehired.
The next six coaches met with
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Charles T. Taylor
much the same success that Taylor
did. None were around for more
than three seasons. Then a gentle
man named Charles B. Moran came
to Aggieland.
Charlie Moran came to Texas
A&M in 1909 after the Aggies had
suffered through a 3-5 season.
Moran assessed the situation and
decided that that type of football
would have to go.
“I didn’t come here to lose,
Moran said, and in the fall of 09 the
Farmers won seven and tied one.
Moran stayed until 1914, when
he returned to professional football.
His questionable recruiting prac
tices had made many enemies, but
Aggietoons
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the boys at Texas A&M had nothing
but love and deep respect for the
man who brought hard-hitting,
winning football to Aggieland. His
final record was 38-8-4.
The fall of 17 saw yet another
head mentor at the helm. His name
was Dana X. Bible, and in 11 sea
sons as Aggie head coach he piled an
unbelievable 72-19-9 record.
Dana s first season saw the Far
mers go undefeated in 8 starts. In
1918 Bible left Texas A&M to fight
in Europe. He returned a year later
to again go undefeated. Dana X.
never had a losing season while at
the school.
Bible is perhaps best remem-
Dana X. Bible
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Paul W. “Bear Br\ant
Photos courtesx of Universits Archives
bered for his victory against Centre
College in the 1922 Dixie Classic. It
was there that an Aggie named King
Gill became the first Twelfth Man.
Centre s head coach at that time was
none other than Charlie Moran,
who came to the school in 1918.
Dana Bible left Texas A&M in
1928 for the University of Nebraska.
He had won five Conference champ
ionships.
Bible went on to win 200 games in
his career. Only five other men have
won more than that. One of those
five was Paul “Bear Bryant, who
came to Aggieland in 1954 where he
posted 25 wins in four seasons.
In his first season. Bear Bryant
lost 9 games, a lone win coniinn
against Georgia. But in the next
three seasons The Bear proved him
self as head coach.
The Aggies went 9-0-1 in 1956.
tying Houston and whipping Texas
34-21. Since Texas A&M was on
probation lor recruiting practices,
they weren’t allowed to play in tin;
Cotton Bowl Classic.
During his tenure Bear Bryant
coached such Aggie football greats
as Gene Stallings (who later became
head coach himself), All-Americans
Jack Pardee and Charlie Krueger,
and John David Crow who is the
only Aggie to have won the Heis-
man Trophy.
—Brad Foster
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