Emory Bellard
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| Emory Bellard | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | December 27, 1927 (age 79) | |
| Place of birth | Luling, Texas | |
| Career Highlights | ||
| Overall | 89-71 | |
| Coaching Stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Coaching positions | ||
| 1979-85 1972-1978 1967-1971 |
Mississippi State Texas A&M Texas (offensive coordinator) |
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Emory Bellard (born December 27, 1927, in Luling, Texas) is a former college football coach. He was head coach at Texas A&M University from 1972 to 1978 and at Mississippi State University from 1979 until 1985. Bellard is a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
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[edit] Early life
Bellard graduated from Aransas Pass High School and Southwest Texas State (now Texas State University–San Marcos).
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] High school
Bellard was a high school head coach for 21 seasons where he achieved a record of 177-59-9 and three state titles over 21 seasons. During his time as a high school coach, he explored the idea of running an offense out of a three-back formation.
Bellard begann coaching at Ingleside High School in Ingleside, Texas, Breckenridge High School in Breckenridge, Texas and Central High School in San Angelo, Texas from 1952 to 1966. He won 1958 and 1959 state titles at Breckenridge as well as 1966 at San Angelo Central. Bellard returned to the high school level in 1988, coaching Spring Westfield High School in Houston, Texas to an 41-22-5 record over 6 seasons.
[edit] College
[edit] Texas
In 1967 he was hired as the linebackers coach at the University of Texas at Austin and was moved to offensive coordinator in 1968. It was at this time that he developed and implemented the wishbone formation.
[edit] Texas A&M
Bellard became head coach at Texas A&M in 1972, taking over head coaching duties from Gene Stallings. In his seven years at Texas A&M, he finished with a record of 48-27 and three top 15 finishes.
[edit] Mississippi State
After A&M, Bellard spent seven seasons as head coach Mississippi State University. His best years as the Bulldogs head coach were in 1980 and 1981 where his team finished 9-3 and 8-4 respectively.
[edit] Record
| Year | Team | Wins | Losses | Bowl Game |
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| 1972 | Texas A&M | 3 | 8 | |
| 1973 | Texas A&M | 5 | 6 | |
| 1974 | Texas A&M | 8 | 3 | |
| 1975 | Texas A&M | 10 | 2 | Liberty Bowl |
| 1976 | Texas A&M | 10 | 2 | Sun Bowl |
| 1977 | Texas A&M | 8 | 4 | Bluebonnet Bowl |
| 1978 | Texas A&M | 8 | 4 | Hall of Fame Bowl |
| 1979 | Mississippi State | 3 | 8 | |
| 1980 | Mississippi State | 9 | 3 | Sun Bowl |
| 1981 | Mississippi State | 8 | 4 | Hall of Fame Bowl |
| 1982 | Mississippi State | 5 | 6 | |
| 1983 | Mississippi State | 3 | 8 | |
| 1984 | Mississippi State | 4 | 7 | |
| 1985 | Mississippi State | 5 | 6 | |
| Totals | 14 years | 89 | 71 |
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