.jpg) Bible from the 1935 Cornhusker | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 8, 1891 Jefferson City, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | January 19, 1980 (aged 88) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1910s | Carson–Newman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1913–1915 | Mississippi College |
| 1916 | LSU |
| 1917 | Texas A&M |
| 1919–1928 | Texas A&M |
| 1929–1936 | Nebraska |
| 1937–1946 | Texas |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1927 | Texas A&M |
| Baseball | |
| 1920–1921 | Texas A&M |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1932–1936 | Nebraska |
| 1937–1956 | Texas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 198–72–23 (football) 90–47 (basketball) 29–10–1 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 3–0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 National (1919, 1927) 8 SWC (1917, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1942–1943, 1945) 6 Big Six (1929, 1931–1933, 1935–1936) | |
| Awards | |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1954) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1951 (profile) | |
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),[1] Texas A&M University (1917, 1919–1928),[2] 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 and at Texas from 1937 to 1956. Bible was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951.
- ^ "LSU Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Texas A&M recruiting letter from 1919 surfaces authored by Dana X. Bible". sportsday.dallasnews.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.