- Matty Bell
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Matty Bell 
Sport(s) Football, basketball Biographical details Born February 22, 1899 Place of birth Fort Worth, Texas Died June 30, 1983 (aged 84) Place of death Dallas, Texas Playing career Football
1916–1918
CentrePosition(s) End Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1920–1921
1922
1923–1928
1929–1933
1935–1941
1945–1949
Basketball
1923–1929
Haskell Institute
Carroll (WI)
TCU
Texas A&M
SMU
SMU
TCUAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1950–1964 SMU Head coaching record Overall 143–87–16 (football)
71–41 (basketball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships Football
1 National (1935)
3 SWC (1935, 1947–1948)College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1955 (profile)Madison A. "Matty" Bell (February 22, 1899 – June 30, 1983) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator in the United States. He served as the head football coach at the Haskell Institute (1920–1921), Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin (1922),[1] Texas Christian University (1923–1928), Texas A&M University (1929–1933), and Southern Methodist University (1935–1941, 1945–1949), compiling a career college football record of 143–87–16. His 1935 SMU Mustangs, which have been recognized as a national champion, went 12–0 in the regular season before losing to Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Bell was also the head basketball coach at Texas Christian for six seasons from 1923 to 1929, tallying a mark of 71–41. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1955. After retiring from coaching following the 1949 season, Bell served as the athletic director at Southern Methodist until 1964. He died in 1983 in Dallas, Texas.
Contents
Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs AP# Haskell Institute Fighting Indians (Independent) (1920–1921) 1920 Haskell 2–2 1921 Haskell 2–3 Haskell Institute: 4–5 Carroll Pioneers (Independent) (1922) 1922 Carroll 3–4 Carroll: 3–4 TCU Horned Frogs (Southwest Conference) (1923–1928) 1923 TCU 4–5 2–1 3rd 1924 TCU 4–5 1–5 8th 1925 TCU 7–1–1 2–0–1 2nd 1926 TCU 6–1–2 1–1–2 T–3rd 1927 TCU 4–3–2 1–2–2 5th 1928 TCU 8–2 3–2 T–3rd TCU: 33–17–5 10–11–5 Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1929–1933) 1929 Texas A&M 5–4 2–3 5th 1930 Texas A&M 2–7 0–5 7th 1931 Texas A&M 7–3 3–2 3rd 1932 Texas A&M 4–4–2 1–2–2 4th 1933 Texas A&M 6–3–1 2–2–1 4th Texas A&M: 24–21–3 8–14–3 SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1935–1941) 1935 SMU 12–1 6–0 1st L Rose 1936 SMU 5–4–1 2–3–1 5th 1937 SMU 5–6 2–4 6th 1938 SMU 6–4 4–2 2nd 1939 SMU 6–3–1 4–2 T–2nd 1940 SMU 8–1–1 5–1 2nd 16 1941 SMU 5–5 2–4 5th SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1945–1949) 1945 SMU 5–6 4–2 2nd 1946 SMU 4–5–1 2–4 T–5th 1947 SMU 9–0–2 5–0–1 1st T Cotton 3 1948 SMU 9–1–1 5–0–1 1st W Cotton 10 1949 SMU 5–4–1 2–3–1 5th SMU: 79–40–8 43–25–4 Total: 143–87–16 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title #Rankings from final AP Poll. References
- ^ Carroll University Athletics Season-by-season football results
External links
- Matty Bell at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Matty Bell at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Matty Bell at College Basketball at Sports Reference.com
Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians head football coaches Unknown • Albert E. Herrnstein (1903–1904) • Unknown (1905–1907) • John R. Bender (1908–1909) • Unknown (1910) • A. R. Kennedy (1911–1916) • Butch Cowell • Unknown • Matty Bell (1920–1921) • Dick Hanley (1922–1926) • Unknown • No team (?–1999) • Jerry Tuckwin (2000) • Graham Snelding (2001) • Eric Brock (2002–2009) • Phil Homeratha (2010– )
Carroll Pioneers head football coaches Ward A. Wescott (1896) • No team (1897) • J. G. Britton (1898) • John D. Schwender (1899–1900) • Mark D. Nave (1901–1903) • John D. Schwender (1904–1905) • No team (1906–1907) • Harrison McJohnston (1908) • Wilfred C. Bleamaster (1909–1911) • William Davies (1912) • Henry W. Lever (1913) • John Edmund Fries (1914–1918) • Roy E. Haberman (1919) • John Edmund Fries (1920) • C. C. Boone (1921) • Matty Bell (1922) • Phillip Norris Armstrong (1923–1930) • Vincent P. Batha (1931) • Glenn Thistlethwaite (1932–1933) • Elmer A. Lampe (1934–1937) • John W. Breen (1938–1948) • Francis J. McCormick (1949–1957) • Lisle Blackbourn (1958) • Vince DiFrancesca (1959–1971) • Steve Miller (1972–1976) • Robert Larsen (1977) • Mark W. Williams (1978–1981) • Merle Masonholder (1979–2000) • Jeff Voris (2001–2005) • Henny Hiemenz (2006–2010) • Mark Krzykowski (2011– )
TCU Horned Frogs head football coaches No coach (1896) • Joe Field (1897) • James Morrison (1898) • No coach (1899) • No team (1900) • No coach (1901) • H. E. Hildebrand (1902) • No coach (1903) • C. E. Cronk (1904) • E. J. Hyde (1905–1907) • J. R. Langley (1908–1909) • Kemp Lewis (1910) • Henry W. Lever (1911) • W. T. Stewart (1912) • Fred Cahoon (1913) • Stanley A. Boles (1914) • Ewing Y. Freeland (1915) • Milton Daniel (1916–1917) • E. M. Tipton (1918) • T. D. Hackney (1919) • William L. Driver (1920–1921) • John McKnight (1922) • Matty Bell (1923–1928) • Francis Schmidt (1929–1933) • Dutch Meyer (1934–1952) • Abe Martin (1953–1966) • Fred Taylor (1967–1970) • Jim Pittman (1971) • Billy Tohill (1971–1973) • Jim Shofner (1974–1976) • F. A. Dry (1977–1982) • Jim Wacker (1983–1991) • Pat Sullivan (1992–1997) • Dennis Franchione (1998–2000) • Gary Patterson (2000– )
TCU Horned Frogs basketball head coaches J. R. Langley (1908–1909) • Oscar Wise (1909–1910) • No team (1910–1913) • Unknown (1913–1914) • F. M. Cahoon (1914–1915) • Ewing Y. Freeland (1915–1916) • Unknown (1916–1919) • T. D. Hackney (1919–1920) • William L. Driver (1920–1922) • John McKnight (1922–1923) • Matty Bell (1923–1929) • Francis Schmidt (1929–1934) • Dutch Meyer (1934–1937) • Mike Brumbelow (1937–1941) • Herbert McQuillan (1941–1948) • Buster Brannon (1948–1967) • Johnny Swainn (1967–1977) • Tim Somerville (1977–1979) • Jim Killingsworth (1979–1987) • Moe Iba (1987–1994) • Billy Tubbs (1994–2002) • Neil Dougherty (2002–2008) • Jim Christian (2008– )
Texas A&M Aggies head football coaches F. D. Perkins (1894) • No team (1895) • A. M. Soule & H. W. South (1896) • C. W. Taylor (1897) • H. W. Williams (1898) • W. A. Murray (1899–1901) • J. E. Platt (1902–1904) • Walter E. Bachman (1905–1906) • L. L. Larson (1907) • N. A. Merriam (1908–1909) • Charley Moran (1909–1914) • E. H. Harlan (1915–1916) • Dana X. Bible (1917) • D. V. Graves (1918) • Dana X. Bible (1919–1928) • Matty Bell (1929–1933) • Homer H. Norton (1934–1947) • Harry Stiteler (1948–1950) • Raymond George (1951–1953) • Bear Bryant (1954–1957) • Jim Myers (1958–1961) • Hank Foldberg (1962–1964) • Gene Stallings (1965–1971) • Emory Bellard (1972–1978) • Tom Wilson (1978–1981) • Jackie Sherrill (1982–1988) • R. C. Slocum (1989–2002) • Dennis Franchione (2003–2007) • Gary Darnell # (2007) • Mike Sherman (2008– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.SMU Mustangs head football coaches Ray Morrison (1915–1916) • J. Burton Rix (1917–1920) • W. A. Cunningham, Victor Kelly & J. Burton Rix (1921) • Ewing Y. Freeland & Ray Morrison (1922–1923) • Ray Morrison (1924–1934) • Matty Bell (1935–1941) • Jimmy Stewart (1942–1944) • Matty Bell (1945–1949) • Rusty Russell (1950–1952) • Woody Woodard (1953–1956) • Bill Meek (1957–1961) • Hayden Fry (1962–1972) • Dave Smith (1973–1975) • Ron Meyer (1976–1981) • Bobby Collins (1982–1986) • No team (1987–1988) • Forrest Gregg (1989–1990) • Tom Rossley (1991–1996) • Mike Cavan (1997–2001) • Phil Bennett (2002–2007) • June Jones (2008– )
Categories:- 1899 births
- 1983 deaths
- Carroll Pioneers football coaches
- Centre Praying Colonels football players
- Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football coaches
- SMU Mustangs athletic directors
- SMU Mustangs football coaches
- Texas A&M Aggies football coaches
- TCU Horned Frogs football coaches
- TCU Horned Frogs basketball coaches
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- American military personnel of World War II
- People from Fort Worth, Texas
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