Dell Morgan
Dell Morgan went 55–49–3 as a head coach, 1941–1950, at Texas Tech. Share
- Record
- 55–49–3 career
- Seasons
- 10
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1941 9–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Texas Tech | 9–2 | 2nd | Sun Bowl L | ||
| 1942 | Texas Tech | 4–5–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1943 | Texas Tech | 4–6 | ||||
| 1944 | Texas Tech | 4–7 | ||||
| 1945 | Texas Tech | 3–5–2 | ||||
| 1946 | Texas Tech | 8–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1947 | Texas Tech | 6–5 | 1st | Sun Bowl L | ||
| 1948 | Texas Tech | 7–3 | 1st | |||
| 1949 | Texas Tech | 7–5 | 1st | Raisin L | ||
| 1950 | Texas Tech | 3–8 | 4th |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 8 | 0–7–1 | 6% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 24 | 7–17 | 29% |
| Conference games | 33 | 28–3–2 | 88% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 39 | 22–14–3 | 60% |
| At home | 51 | 34–15–2 | 69% |
| On the road | 53 | 21–31–1 | 41% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 56 | 38–18 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 51 | 17–31–3 | 36% |
His own 107 games on file, 1941–1950, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Neely 1942–1950 | 1–8 | Rice | 9 | |
| Warren Woodson 1941–1950 | 4–2–1 | Hardin Simmons | 7 | |
| Frank Kimbrough 1942–1950 | 4–2–1 | Baylor, West Texas | 7 | |
| Jim Lookabaugh 1941–1946 | 2–4 | Oklahoma State | 6 | |
| Homer Norton 1942–1947 | 1–5 | Texas A&M | 6 | |
| Dutch Meyer 1942–1950 | 3–2 | TCU | 5 | |
| John Brothers 1946–1950 | 3–2 | Tulsa | 5 | |
| Miles Casteel 1942–1948 | 4–0 | Arizona | 4 | |
| Willis Barnes 1942–1946 | 3–0–1 | New Mexico | 4 | |
| Henry Frnka 1941–1945 | 0–4 | Tulsa | 4 |
Dell Morgan’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexicoseries | 9 | 8–0–1 |
| Tulsaseries | 9 | 3–6 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 9 | 2–7 |
| Riceseries | 9 | 1–8 |
| West Texasseries | 8 | 7–1 |
| Hardin Simmonsseries | 7 | 4–2–1 |
| Baylorseries | 7 | 1–5–1 |
| Arizonaseries | 6 | 6–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Austin | Assistant coach | |
| 1930–33 | Texas Tech | Assistant coach | |
| 1934–39 | Auburn | Line coach | |
| 1940 | Rice | Line coach | |
| 1941–50 | Texas Tech | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Pete CawthonAustin, Texas Tech
- Jack MeagherAuburn
- Jess NeelyRice
Assistants who became head coaches
- Berl HuffmanNew Mexico, Keesler Field
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Cawthon | Austin | 1925 | Assistant coach | |
| Pete Cawthon | Texas Tech | 1930–33 | Assistant coach | |
| Jack Meagher | Auburn | 1934–39 | Line coach | |
| Jess Neely | Rice | 1940 | Line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berl Huffman | Texas Tech, 1941–42: assistant coach | New Mexico, Keesler Field |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.