Ranking every Texas A&M Football coach in school history

By Matthew Bartlett | Jun 24, 2017

Sep 5, 2015; Houston, TX, USA; Texas A&M Aggies head coach Kevin Sumlin on the sidelines coaching against the Arizona State Sun Devils in the first quarter at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports /

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Nov 7, 2015; College Station, TX, USA; General view of Kyle Field before a game between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Auburn Tigers. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports /

9. J.E. Platt (1902-1904)

Record: 18-5-3

J.E. Platt coached the first Texas A&M team to play at least seven games and go undefeated. His 1902 squad went 7-0-2, setting a school record for wins at the time. In three seasons he lost just five games. That’s a rate that most modern-day coaches everywhere would love to replicate.

When Platt took over the Texas A&M football program the Aggies had yet to score against Texas in school history. They would play the Longhorns twice in 1902. The first game ended in a scoreless tie, but the second made history. The Aggies scored twice, stunning the Longhorns 11-0 in Austin. After the victory, The Eagle wrote,

"“The result wipes out many bitter scores of defeat in the past and raised the A&M boys to the unquestioned championship of the south.”"

More than a century ago, Platt led Texas A&M to an undefeated season capped off by a win over their rivals in Texas. In 1904 the team played their first game at Kyle Field. Then Kyle Field was little more than a grandstand and a plot of land with a capacity of 500 people. Oh how times change.