Ranking every Texas A&M Football coach in school history

1. Dana X Bible (1917,1919-1928)

Record: 72-19-9

Dana Bible came to Texas A&M from Mississippi College. Texas A&M would be but one stop in a 33 years coaching career that also led him to LSU, Nebraska, and Texas. Bible never recorded a losing season and won two national championships with the Aggies (1919, 1927). He coached the Aggies to a perfect 8-0 season in 1917 without being recognized as the national champion. Six teams went undefeated that season.

He won five Southwest Conference titles at Texas A&M in 10 seasons as a head coach (1917, 1919, 1921, 1925, and 1927). No other coach in Aggie history has won five conference titles. Bible owns the second best winning percentage in Aggie history (.765) and literally wrote the book Championship Football. Bible was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.

Beyond his successes on the football field, Bible was also the Aggies’ baseball and basketball coach during portions of his time in College Station. Three of his basketball squads were SWC Champions (1920-21, 1921-22, and 1922-23).

He did not coach in 1918 rather he served as a pilot in World War I before returning to College Station the following year. In his first season back from the War, Bible’s 1919 National Champion team went undefeated, untied, and outscored their opponents 275-0. That perfect year will live as one of the more remarkable feats in both Texas A&M and college football history.

There you have it. 31 men over the span of more than 100 years. The Aggies have a rich heritage, filled with some tremendous moments. Nevertheless, it’s high time to add another National Championship trophy to the closet. Gig’em.

***Aggie Athletics, Texas State Historical Association, National Football Association, Saturday Down South, Sports Reference***