List of Baylor Bears head football coaches

Ralph Glaze, the ninth coach of the Bears

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 cancelled the football program due to World War II. The Bears have played in 1,099 games during their 108 seasons. In those seasons, seven coaches have led Baylor to postseason bowl games: Bob Woodruff, George Sauer, Sam Boyd, John D. Bridgers, Grant Teaff, Chuck Reedy, and Art Briles. Five coaches have won conference championships with the Bears: Charles P. Mosley, Frank Bridges, Teaff, Reedy and Briles.

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 Jim Grobe, who was hired in May 2016.

Key

General # A running total of the number of coaches CCs Conference championships[A 1] † Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame

Overall games GC Games coached OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties[A 2] O% Winning percentage[A 3]

Conference games CW Wins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage

Postseason games PW Wins PL Losses

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2015–16 college football season.

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs	Awards
1	Hamilton, R. H.R. H. Hamilton	1899–1900	7	5	1	1	.786	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Ritchie, W. J.W. J. Ritchie	1901	8	5	3	0	.625	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Ewing, J. C.J. C. Ewing	1902	9	3	4	2	.444	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Watts, R. N.R. N. Watts	1903	8	4	3	1	.563	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Metzger, SolSol Metzger	1904	8	2	5	1	.313	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Web, ArchieArchie Web	1905	7	1	6	0	.143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Burleson, LutherLuther Burleson	1907	8	4	3	1	.563	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Mills, E. J.E. J. Mills	1908–1909	16	8	8	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Glaze, RalphRalph Glaze	1910–1912	25	12	10	3	.540	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Paine, NormanNorman Paine	1913	10	3	4	3	.450	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Mosley, Charles P.Charles P. Mosley	1914–1919	52	30	18	4	.615	8	7	1	.531	—	—	1	—
12	Bridges, FrankFrank Bridges	1920–1925	59	35	18	6	.644	13	8	6	.593	—	—	2	—
13	Jennings, MorleyMorley Jennings^†[6]	1926–1940	149	83	60	6	.577	40	50	7	.448	—	—	—	—
14	Kimbrough, FrankFrank Kimbrough	1941–1942, 1945–1946[A 4]	41	15	23	3	.402	6	16	2	.292	—	—	—	—
15	Woodruff, BobBob Woodruff	1947–1949	31	19	10	2	.645	8	9	1	.472	1	0	—	—
16	Sauer, GeorgeGeorge Sauer^†	1950–1955	62	38	21	3	.637	19	14	3	.569	0	2	—	—
17	Boyd, SamSam Boyd	1956–1958	31	15	15	1	.500	5	12	1	.306	1	0	—	—
18	Bridgers, John D.John D. Bridgers	1959–1968	103	49	53	1	.481	31	37	1	.457	2	1	—	—
19	Beall, BillBill Beall	1969–1971	31	3	28	0	.097	1	20	0	.048	—	—	—	—
20	Teaff, GrantGrant 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	Reedy, ChuckChuck Reedy	1993–1996	55	23	22	0	.511	13	16	0	.448	0	1	1	—
22	Roberts, DaveDave Roberts	1997–1998	22	4	18	—	.182	2	17	—	.125	—	—	—	—
23	Steele, KevinKevin Steele	1999–2002	45	8	36	—	.200	1	31	—	.031	—	—	—	—
24	Morriss, GuyGuy Morriss	2003–2007	58	18	40	—	.310	7	33	—	.175	—	—	—	—
25	Briles, ArtArt Briles	2008-2015	76	65	37	—	.579	25	26	—	.490	3	3	—	—
26	Jim Grobe	2016-current	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Notes

1. Baylor did not join a conference until 1915.
2. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[4]
3. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[5]
4. Baylor did not field a team in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II.^[7]

References

General

• "2009 Baylor Football Media Almanac". BaylorBears.com. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
• "Baylor Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-04-30.

Specific

1. "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 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
2. Wolff Jr., Henry (2002-09-13). "There is more to Baylor bears than football". Victoria Advocate. Victoria, Texas. p. 5A. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
3. Rielly, Edward (2009). Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. University of Nebraska Press. p. 298. ISBN 9780803290129. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
4. Whiteside, Kelly (2006-08-25). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2006-11-24. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
5. Finder, Chuck (1987-09-06). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
6. "Hall of Famers: Morley "Jopsey" Jennings". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
7. "Baylor Planning Return to Football". The Milwaukee Journal. The Associated Press. 1945-04-05. p. 2. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
8. "Hall of Famers: Grant Teaff". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-03-05.