- Dell Morgan
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Dell Morgan 
Morgan in 1945 Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball Biographical details Born c. 1902 Died March 3, 1962 (aged 60) Place of death near Bay City, Texas Playing career c. 1925 Austin Position(s) Tackle Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1930–1933
1934–1939
1940
1941–1950
Basketball
1931–1934
Baseball
1934–1939
1953–1961
Texas Tech (assistant)
Auburn (line)
Rice (line)
Texas Tech
Texas Tech
Auburn
RiceHead coaching record Overall 55–49–3 (football)
42–29 (basketball)
146–143–2 (baseball)Bowls 0–3 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships Football
4 Border (1942, 1947–1949)John O'Dell Morgan[1] (c. 1902 – March 3, 1962) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball and baseball in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Texas Tech University from 1941 to 1950, compiling a record of 55–49–3. Morgan was also the head basketball coach at Texas Tech from 1931 to 1934, tallying a mark of 42–29. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Auburn University from 1934 to 1939 and at Rice University from 1953 to 1961, amassing a career college baseball coaching record of 146–143–2.
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Coaching career
Morgan was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball from 1931 to 1934. During the same time, Morgan also served as an assistant coach to the football team.[2] His record during that time was 42–29.[3] Morgan was later the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team from 1941 to 1950. During his tenure, he compiled a 55–49–3 record.[4] In four of his last five seasons, he posted a winning record. His best season came in 1941, when his team went 9–2.
Death
Morgan was killed in car accident near Bay City, Texas on March 3, 1962.[5]
Head coaching record
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Texas Tech Red Raiders (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1941–1950) 1941 Texas Tech 9–2 2–0 2nd L Sun 1942 Texas Tech 4–5–1 3–0–1 T–1st 1943 Texas Tech 4–6 1944 Texas Tech 4–7 2–0 1945 Texas Tech 3–5–2 1–0–1 1946 Texas Tech 8–3 3–1 2nd 1947 Texas Tech 6–5 4–0 1st L Sun 1948 Texas Tech 7–3 5–0 1st 1949 Texas Tech 7–5 5–0 1st L Raisin 1950 Texas Tech 3–8 3–2 4th Washington: 55–49–3 45–41–4 Total: 55–49–3 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
- ^ COP TOPS MARINES, LEBARON, 37 TO 14 Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1950
- ^ "2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Media Guide". Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University. p. 68. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/text/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2010FBmediasupplement.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ "Past Season Results". Texas Tech Athletics. http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-pastres.html. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
- ^ "Texas Tech Hall of Honor". Texas Tech Athletics. http://www.texastech.com/trads/hoh-mp.html. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
- ^ AP (March 5, 1962). "Crash Kills Rice Coach Dell Morgan". The Victoria Advocate. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SSZSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ujUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=811,2838507. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball head coaches Grady Higginbotham (1925–1927) • Victor Payne (1927–1930) • W. L. Golightly (1930–1931) • Dell Morgan (1931–1934) • Virgil Ballard (1934–1935) • Berl Huffman (1935–1942) • Polk Robison (1942–1946) • Berl Huffman (1946–1947) • Polk Robison (1948–1961) • Gene Gibson (1961–1969) • Bob Bass (1969–1970) • Gerald Myers (1971–1991) • James Dickey (1991–2001) • Bob Knight (2001–2008) • Pat Knight (2008–2011) • Billy Gillispie (2011– )
Auburn Tigers head baseball coaches Sam J. McAllister (1933) • Herschel Bobo & Dell Morgan (1934) • Dell Morgan (1935–1939) • Porter Grant (1940) • Jimmy Hitchcock (1941–1942) • Bob K. Evans (1943) • No team (1944–1945) • Bob K. Evans (1946) • Danny Doyle (1947–1948) • Johnny Williamson (1949–1950) • Dick McGowen (1951–1957) • Joe Connally (1958) • Erk Russell (1959–1962) • Paul Nix (1963–1984) • Hal Baird (1985–2000) • Steve Renfroe (2001–2004) • Tom Slater (2005–2008) • John Pawlowski (2009– )
Texas Tech Red Raiders head football coaches Ewing Y. Freeland (1925–1928) • Grady Higginbotham (1929) • Pete Cawthon (1930–1940) • Dell Morgan (1941–1950) • DeWitt Weaver (1951–1960) • J. T. King (1961–1969) • Jim Carlen (1970–1974) • Steve Sloan (1975–1977) • Rex Dockery (1978–1980) • Jerry Moore (1981–1985) • David McWilliams (1986) • Spike Dykes (1986–1999) • Mike Leach (2000–2009) • Ruffin McNeill # (2009) • Tommy Tuberville (2010– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.Rice Owls head baseball coaches Phillip Arbuckle (1912–1917) • Jack Coombs (1918) • Pete Cawthon (1920–1921) • Bob Countryman (1922–1923) • Mike O'Neill (1924) • Joe Bedenk (1925–1926) • Dickey Kerr (1927) • Dickey Kerr & Charlie Schwartz (1928) • Gene Bailey (1929) • Danny Allnoch (1930) • John Nemic (1931–1932) • Cecil Grigg (1936–1966) • Jess Neely (1945) • Cecil Grigg (1946–1947) • Jess Neely (1948) • Harold Stockbridge (1949–1952) • Dell Morgan (1953–1961) • Joe Gallagher (1962) • Doug Osburn (1963–1980) • David Hall (1981–1991) • Wayne Graham (1992– )
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