Matty Bell

Matty Bell
Biographical details
Born(1899-02-22)February 22, 1899
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
DiedJune 30, 1983(1983-06-30) (aged 84)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1916–1919Centre
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1921Haskell
1922Carroll (WI)
1923–1928TCU
1929–1933Texas A&M
1935–1941SMU
1945–1949SMU
Basketball
1923–1929TCU
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1947–1964SMU
Head coaching record
Overall153–88–17 (football)
71–41 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 National (1935)
4 SWC (1935, 1940, 1947–1948)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1955 (profile)

William Madison "Matty" Bell (February 22, 1899 – June 30, 1983) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He played for Centre, captain of its 1918 team. He served as the head football coach at the Haskell Institute (1920–1921), Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin (1922),[1] Texas Christian University (1923–1928), Texas A&M University (1929–1933), and Southern Methodist University (1935–1941, 1945–1949), compiling a career college football record of 147–88–17. His 1935 SMU Mustangs, which have been recognized as a national champion, went 12–0 in the regular season before losing to Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Bell was also the head basketball coach at Texas Christian for six seasons from 1923 to 1929, tallying a mark of 71–41. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1955. After retiring from coaching following the 1949 season, Bell served as the athletic director at Southern Methodist until 1964. He died in 1983 in Dallas, Texas.

  1. ^ Carroll University Athletics Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Season-by-season football results