Dana X. Bible College coach

Dana Xenophon Bible (October 8, 1891 – January 19, 1980) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi College (1913–1915), Louisiana State University (1916), Texas A&M University (1917, 1919–1928), the University of Nebraska (1929–1936), and the University of Texas (1937–1946), compiling a career college football record of 198–72–23. Bible was also the head basketball coach at Texas A&M from 1920 to 1927 and the head baseball coach there from 1920 to 1921. In addition, he was the athletic director at Nebraska from 1932 to 1936. Bible was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951.

Personal facts

Dana X. Bible
Alias (AKA)Bible Dana
Birth dateOctober 08, 1891
Birth place
Jefferson City Tennessee
Date of deathJanuary 19, 1980
Place of death
Texas Longhorns football

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Coach

coached team
Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Texas A&M Aggies baseball
LSU Tigers football
Texas Longhorns football
Mississippi College Choctaws
Texas A&M Aggies football
Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball
overall record
198–72–23 (football)
29–10–1 (baseball)
90–47 (basketball)

Dana X. Bible on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/b/bibleda01.html