was Dana X. Bible (1891 - 1980). The X stood for Xanophon. He coached at Texas A&M in 1917 and 1919 - 1928 (He was a pilot in 1918 in WW1) where he had an outstanding 72-19-9. From 1929 to 1936 he coached at Nebraska and had another outstanding record at 50 - 15 -17. In 1937 he started coaching at UT and was the head coach there until 1946 where he had another great record at 63 - 13 - 3. After the 1946 he served as athletic director at UT for several years and was instrumental in getting Darrell Royal hired in 1957.
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01-11-2005, 11:19 PM #1All-American
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Only Man to be Head Football Coach at both UT and Texas A&M
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01-12-2005, 12:46 AM #2AggieJohnGuest
and ironicly their are no buildings named after him on our campus
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01-12-2005, 09:19 AM #3pirate44Guest Re: Only Man to be Head Football Coach at both UT and Texas A&M
i always wondered that. thanks Phil C.Originally posted by PhiI C
The X stood for Xanophon.
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01-12-2005, 10:56 AM #4All-American
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That is ironic because he coached two teams that had perfect records at Texas A&M in 1917 and 1919 and the 1927 team won all its' games except for one tie. He also coached the Aggies to their first bowl win in 1921 in the Dixie Classic which the Aggies won over Centre 22 to 14. Maybe they didn't name one after him because they were bitter that he later coached at UT.Originally posted by AggieJohn
and ironicly their are no buildings named after him on our campus
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01-12-2005, 11:28 AM #5pirate44Guest
good observation. i wonder if there was any bitterness. its not as if he left A&M for UT.Originally posted by Phil C
Maybe they didn't name one after him because they were bitter that he later coached at UT.
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01-12-2005, 01:46 PM #6All-American
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That is right Pirate. He left Nebraska for Texas because Texas offered him a salary of $15,000 a year which was a top salary at that time. Plus the University allocated money so he could hire some top notch assistant coaches.Originally posted by pirate44
good observation. i wonder if there was any bitterness. its not as if he left A&M for UT.
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01-12-2005, 01:48 PM #7pirate44Guest
yeah, and i heard that his pay was more than the university president. a first.Originally posted by PhiI C
That is right Pirate. He left Nebraska for Texas because Texas offered him a salary of $15,000 a year which was a top salary at that time. Plus the University allocated money so he could hire some top notch assistant coaches.
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Right you are Pirate but very soon after he was hired the president was given a raise to match it.Originally posted by pirate44
yeah, and i heard that his pay was more than the university president. a first.
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