The Baylor Bears football program is a college football team that represents Baylor University in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 25 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1899. Baylor was a charter member of the Southwest Conference (SWC), joining in 1915.[1] They later became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the SWC disbanded. After playing without a nickname for 15 years, the school chose Bears as the team nickname in 1914.[2] There were three seasons where Baylor did not field a team. In 1906, the university banned football due to the violent nature of the sport. However, student protests persuaded school officials to reinstate it the next year.[3] In 1943 and 1944, the school canceled the football program due to World War II. The Bears have played in 1,099 games during their 108 seasons. In those seasons, ten coaches have led Baylor to postseason bowl games: Bob Woodruff, George Sauer, Sam Boyd, John D. Bridgers, Grant Teaff, Chuck Reedy, Art Briles, Jim Grobe, Matt Rhule, and Dave Aranda. Six coaches have won conference championships with the Bears: Charles P. Mosley, Frank Bridges, Teaff, Reedy, Briles, and Aranda.
Teaff is the all-time leader in years coached (21), games coached (239), and wins (128). R. H. Hamilton has the highest winning percentage of any Baylor coach, with a 5–1–1 record (.786) during his two-year tenure. Bill Beall is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Bears have had, winning only 3 of his 31 games (.097). Of the 25 Baylor coaches, 2 have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Teaff and Morley Jennings. Teaff is also the only coach to have received any coach of the year accolades, winning two national coach of the year award in 1974 and the conference coach of the year award twice. The current coach is Dave Aranda who was hired in 2020
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Coaches
edit- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | Awards |
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| 1 | R. H. Hamilton | 1899–1900 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .786 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | W. J. Ritchie | 1901 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | J. C. Ewing | 1902 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .444 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | R. N. Watts | 1903 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Sol Metzger | 1904 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .313 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Archie R. Webb | 1905 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Luther Burleson | 1907 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | E. J. Mills | 1908–1909 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Ralph Glaze | 1910–1912 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | .540 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Norman Paine | 1913 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .450 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Charles P. Mosley | 1914–1919 | 52 | 30 | 18 | 4 | .615 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .531 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 12 | Frank Bridges | 1920–1925 | 59 | 35 | 18 | 6 | .644 | 13 | 8 | 6 | .593 | — | — | 2 | — |
| 13 | Morley Jennings†[6] | 1926–1940 | 149 | 83 | 60 | 6 | .577 | 40 | 50 | 7 | .448 | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Frank Kimbrough | 1941–1942, 1945–1946[A 4] | 41 | 15 | 23 | 3 | .402 | 6 | 16 | 2 | .292 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Bob Woodruff | 1947–1949 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 2 | .645 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .472 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 16 | George Sauer† | 1950–1955 | 62 | 38 | 21 | 3 | .637 | 19 | 14 | 3 | .569 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 17 | Sam Boyd | 1956–1958 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .306 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 18 | John D. Bridgers | 1959–1968 | 103 | 49 | 53 | 1 | .481 | 31 | 37 | 1 | .457 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 19 | Bill Beall | 1969–1971 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 0 | .097 | 1 | 20 | 0 | .048 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Grant Teaff†[8] | 1972–1992 | 239 | 128 | 105 | 6 | .548 | 83 | 74 | 4 | .528 | 4 | 4 | 2 | AFCA Coach of the Year (1974) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1974) SWC Coach of the Year (1974, 1980) |
| 21 | Chuck Reedy | 1993–1996 | 55 | 23 | 22 | 0 | .511 | 13 | 16 | 0 | .448 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 22 | Dave Roberts | 1997–1998 | 22 | 4 | 18 | — | .182 | 2 | 17 | — | .125 | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Kevin Steele | 1999–2002 | 45 | 8 | 36 | — | .200 | 1 | 31 | — | .031 | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Guy Morriss | 2003–2007 | 58 | 18 | 40 | — | .310 | 7 | 33 | — | .175 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Art Briles | 2008–2015 | 102 | 65 | 37 | — | .637 | 39 | 30 | — | .565 | 3 | 3 | 2[A 5] | Big 12 Coach of the Year (2013) AP College Football Coach of the Year (2013) |
| 26 | Jim Grobe ‡ | 2016 | 13 | 7 | 6 | — | .538 | 3 | 6 | — | .333 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 27 | Matt Rhule | 2017–2019 | 37 | 19 | 18 | — | .514 | 13 | 14 | — | .481 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Big 12 Coach of the Year (2019) |
| 28 | Dave Aranda | 2020– | 60 | 31 | 29 | — | .517 | 21 | 24 | — | .467 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
Notes
edit- ^ Baylor did not join a conference until 1915.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[4]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]
- ^ Baylor did not field a team in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II.[7]
- ^ In 2014, Baylor was co-Big 12 champions with TCU.[9]
References
edit- General
- "2009 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). BaylorBears.com. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
- "Baylor Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 20, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
- "Baylor Bears School History". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- Specific
- ^ "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 June 19, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ Wolff Jr., Henry (September 13, 2002). "There is more to Baylor bears than football". Victoria Advocate. Victoria, Texas. p. 5A. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ Rielly, Edward (2009). Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. University of Nebraska Press. p. 298. ISBN 9780803290129. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ Morley "Jopsey" Jennings at the College Football Hall of Fame
- ^ "Baylor Planning Return to Football". The Milwaukee Journal. The Associated Press. April 5, 1945. p. 2. Archived from the original on December 9, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
- ^ Grant Teaff at the College Football Hall of Fame
- ^ Staples, Andy (December 7, 2014). "Big 12 crowns two champions but can't pick one top playoff contender". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2019.