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Texas Football: 10 greatest coaches in program history

By Quinn Douglas

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AUSTIN, TX – NOVEMBER 24: Daniel Young #32 of the Texas Longhorns rushes for a touchdown defended by Jordyn Brooks #1 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second quarter at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 24, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX – NOVEMBER 24: Daniel Young #32 of the Texas Longhorns rushes for a touchdown defended by Jordyn Brooks #1 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second quarter at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 24, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /

3. Dana X. Bible: 1937-1946

  • Career Record: 63-31-3
  • Awards and Accolades: 1942, ’43, ’45 Southwest Conference Champions, 1942 National Championship, College Football Hall of Fame Class of 1951

Dana X. Bible is one of three College Football Hall of Famers to coach at the University of Texas and was a well-known commodity before he stepped foot in Austin. Bible played his college football at Carson-Newman College and soon thereafter, he became head coach of Mississippi College. He spent three seasons as head coach before taking the job at LSU for a season. Bible then spent the next decade building Texas A&M into a national power, winning two national championships in his 11 seasons in College Station.

He left the Aggies following the 1928 season and became head coach of Nebraska. He spent eight years as head coach in Lincoln, winning six Big Six Conference Championships during his tenure. Bible left the Huskers after 1936 for the Texas Longhorns, his former arch-rivals. It took time for Bible to rebuild the Longhorns, winning only three games in his first two seasons, but eventually worked his way to the top, winning a share of the 1942 national championship.

Bible would win three Southwest Conference Championships in his tenure in Austin, winning all three in a four-year period, restoring Texas as a force in the College Football world. He would step down as head coach following the 1946 season, but remained Athletic Director at Texas until 1956.

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