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Texas A&M Football: 10 best coaches in program history

By Andrew Miller

24 Nov 2000: Head Coach R.C. Slocum of the Texas A&M Aggies watches the action from the sidelines during the game against the Texas Longhorns at the Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns defeated the Aggies 43-17.Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr /Allsport
24 Nov 2000: Head Coach R.C. Slocum of the Texas A&M Aggies watches the action from the sidelines during the game against the Texas Longhorns at the Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns defeated the Aggies 43-17.Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr /Allsport /
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There’s no argument here, the best overall head coach on this list falls on this slide right here. The legendary Crimson Tide head coach (similar to that of Gene Stallings), Paul “Bear” Bryant, established his big time college football success with the Aggies.

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A surprising fact for Bryant’s time as a head football coach is that his only Heisman winner came with Texas A&M, and not Alabama. Considering all the championships he won during his time in Tuscaloosa, that’s an truly amazing feat for the Aggies to claim stake to.

However, the 1-9 start to Bryant’s coaching career in College Station really tainted the overall record he managed with the program. The three years following the one win season in Bryant’s initial campaign, there were nothing but top three finishes in the Southwest Conference.

Bryant also led the Aggies to Southwest Conference Championship in 1956, which was also the best ranking roundup in his four years there. Bryant then bolted for Tuscaloosa and the Crimson Tide in 1958, with a slew of accolades that could have been reached if he decided to stay in College Station for another few years, including the possibility of his first championship as a head coach.