List of Baylor Bears head football coaches

File:Ralph Glaze.jpg

Ralph Glaze, the ninth coach of the Bears

The Baylor Bears football program is a college football team that represents Baylor University in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 25 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1899. Baylor was a charter member of the Southwest Conference (SWC), joining in 1915. They later became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the SWC disbanded. After playing without a nickname for 15 years, the school chose Bears as the team nickname in 1914. There were three seasons where Baylor did not field a team. In 1906, the university banned football due to the violent nature of the sport. However, student protests persuaded school officials to reinstate it the next year. In 1943 and 1944, the school cancelled the football program due to World War II. The Bears have played in 1,099 games during their 108 seasons. In those seasons, seven coaches have led Baylor to postseason bowl games: Bob Woodruff, George Sauer, Sam Boyd, John D. Bridgers, Grant Teaff, Chuck Reedy, and Art Briles. Five coaches have won conference championships with the Bears: Charles P. Mosley, Frank Bridges, Teaff, Reedy and Briles.

Teaff is the all-time leader in years coached (21), games coached (239), and wins (128). R. H. Hamilton has the highest winning percentage of any Baylor coach, with a 5–1–1 record (.786) during his two-year tenure. Bill Beall is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Bears have had, winning only 3 of his 31 games (.097). Of the 25 Baylor coaches, 2 have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Teaff and Morley Jennings. Teaff is also the only coach to have received any coach of the year accolades, winning two national coach of the year award in 1974 and the conference coach of the year award twice. The current coach is Art Briles, who was hired in November 2007.

Key

General

#	A running total of the number of coaches
CCs	Conference championships
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame

Overall games

GC	Games coached
OW	Wins
OL	Losses
OT	Ties
O%	Winning percentage

Conference games

CW	Wins
CL	Losses
CT	Ties
C%	Winning percentage

Postseason games

PW	Wins
PL	Losses

Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2009–10 college football season.

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	CCs	Awards
1	R. H. Hamilton	1899–1900	7	5	1	1	.786	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
2	W. J. Ritchie	1901	8	5	3	6999100000000000000♠0	.625	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
3	J. C. Ewing	1902	9	3	4	2	.444	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
4	R. N. Watts	1903	8	4	3	1	.563	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
5	Sol Metzger	1904	8	2	5	1	.313	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
6	Archie Web	1905	7	1	6	6999100000000000000♠0	.143	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
7	Luther Burleson	1907	8	4	3	1	.563	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
8	E. J. Mills	1908–1909	16	8	8	6999100000000000000♠0	.500	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
9	Ralph Glaze	1910–1912	25	12	10	3	.540	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
10	Norman Paine	1913	10	3	4	3	.450	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
11	Charles P. Mosley	1914–1919	52	30	18	4	.615	8	7	1	.531	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	1	5000000000000000000♠—
12	Frank Bridges	1920–1925	59	35	18	6	.644	13	8	6	.593	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	2	5000000000000000000♠—
13	Morley Jennings†	1926–1940	149	83	60	6	.577	40	50	7	.448	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
14	Frank Kimbrough	1941–1942, 1945–1946	41	15	23	3	.402	6	16	2	.292	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
15	Bob Woodruff	1947–1949	31	19	10	2	.645	8	9	1	.472	1	6999100000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
16	George Sauer†	1950–1955	62	38	21	3	.637	19	14	3	.569	6999100000000000000♠0	2	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
17	Sam Boyd	1956–1958	31	15	15	1	.500	5	12	1	.306	1	6999100000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
18	John D. Bridgers	1959–1968	103	49	53	1	.481	31	37	1	.457	2	1	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
19	Bill Beall	1969–1971	31	3	28	6999100000000000000♠0	.097	1	20	6999100000000000000♠0	.048	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
20	Grant Teaff†	1972–1992	239	128	105	6	.548	83	74	4	.528	4	4	2	AFCA Coach of the Year (1974) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1974) SWC Coach of the Year (1974, 1980)
21	Chuck Reedy	1993–1996	55	23	22	6999100000000000000♠0	.511	13	16	6999100000000000000♠0	.448	6999100000000000000♠0	1	1	5000000000000000000♠—
22	Dave Roberts	1997–1998	22	4	18	5000000000000000000♠—	.182	2	17	5000000000000000000♠—	.125	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
23	Kevin Steele	1999–2002	45	8	36	5000000000000000000♠—	.200	1	31	5000000000000000000♠—	.031	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
24	Guy Morriss	2003–2007	58	18	40	5000000000000000000♠—	.310	7	33	5000000000000000000♠—	.175	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
25	Art Briles	2008–present	76	65	37	5000000000000000000♠—	.579	25	26	5000000000000000000♠—	.490	3	3	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—

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