List of Texas Southern Tigers head football coaches
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The Texas Southern Tigers college football team represents Texas Southern University[A 1] as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Tigers competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 16 head coaches and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1947 season. Since January 2024, Cris Dishman has served as head coach at Texas Southern.[1]
Since their 1947 season, two coaches have led Texas Southern in postseason bowl games: Eolus Von Rettig and Alexander Durley. Three coaches have won conference championships: Durley won one as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association, and Durley and Johnnie Cole each won one, and Clifford Paul won two as a member of the SWAC.[A 2]
Durley is the leader in seasons coached, games played, and won, with 164 games and 101 wins, during his 16 years with the program. Alfred Benefield has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.667. Steve Wilson has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .091.
Key
[edit]General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 3] | ||||
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No. | Order of coaches[A 4] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 5] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
† | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 6] |
Coaches
[edit]No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | Eolus Von Rettig | 1947–1948 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0.452 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
2 | Alexander Durley | 1949–1964 | 164 | 101 | 55 | 8 | 0.640 | 47 | 26 | 3 | 0.638 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — |
3 | Clifford Paul | 1965–1969 | 49 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 0.592 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 0.671 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
4 | Alfred Benefield | 1970 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.667 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
5 | Rod Paige | 1971–1975 | 51 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 0.559 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0.483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
6 | Wendell Mosley | 1976–1978 | 33 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0.364 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
7 | Jim Sorey | 1979–1980 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0.227 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
8 | Joe Redmond | 1981–1983 | 32 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0.313 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
9 | Lionel Taylor | 1984–1988 | 55 | 13 | 41 | 1 | 0.245 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 0.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
10 | Wally Highsmith | 1989–1993 | 55 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 0.364 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0.382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
11 | William A. Thomas | 1994–2003 | 108 | 50 | 58 | 0 | 0.463 | 32 | 37 | 0 | 0.464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
12 | Steve Wilson | 2004–2007 | 44 | 4 | 40 | — | 0.091 | 4 | 30 | — | 0.118 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
13 | Johnnie Cole | 2008–2010 | 35 | 19 | 16 | — | 0.543 | 14 | 9 | — | 0.609 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
Int. [A 8] |
Kevin Ramsey | 2011 | 11 | 4 | 7 | — | 0.364 | 2 | 7 | — | 0.222 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
14 | Darrell Asberry | 2012–2015 | 43 | 12 | 31 | — | 0.279 | 9 | 27 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
15 | Michael Haywood | 2016–2018 | 33 | 8 | 25 | — | 0.242 | 7 | 17 | — | 0.292 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
16 | Clarence McKinney | 2019–2023 | 47 | 12 | 35 | — | 0.255 | 9 | 26 | — | 0.257 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
17 | Cris Dishman | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Texas Southern University previously competed as the Texas State University for Negroes from 1947 to 1950.
- ^ In October 2012, the NCAA officially vacated all wins from the 2010 season as part of their penalties for playing ineligible players during the season. This resulted in the vacating of all nine victories and their SWAC championship under head coach Johnnir Cole.[2][3]
- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[4]
- ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]
- ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
- ^ Ramsey served as interim head coach for the 2011 season after Johnnie Cole was fired in April 2011.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Texas Southern University Names Former NFL Star And Houston Oiler Cris Dishman As New Head Football Coach". SI.com. January 13, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ "NCAA hits Texas Southern with postseason bans". USA Today. Associated Press. October 9, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
- ^ Turner, Ronnie (October 9, 2012). "Trophies taken away, but memories remain for TSU". Houston Chronicle. Chron.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ "Texas Southern fires Johnnie Cole". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 1, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2023.