- Hal McAfee
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Name = Hal McAfee
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Championships = 1989, 1990 TIAA championships
Awards = 1976 Cotton Bowl Defensive MVP
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Years = 1973-1975
Team = Arkansas
Position =Linebacker
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CoachYears = 1979-1980
1981-1982
1983-1985
1986-1987
1988-1992
1996-1998
CoachTeams = Arkansas (GA)
Marlin HS (DC)
Harmony Grove HS
Tarleton State (DC)
Tarleton StateFort Lewis College (OC)
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BBallHOF =Hal McAfee is a former
American football coach. He served as head coach atTarleton State University from 1988-92. McAfee compiled a 36–18 overall record, including a 11–1 season in 1990, the first ever undefeated regular season in school history.McAfee was an All-
Southwest Conference linebacker at theUniversity of Arkansas . He helped the Razorbacks to a 31-10 win over Georgia in the 1976Cotton Bowl , earning him the game's Defensive Most Valuable Player award. McAfee would eventually be named to the Cotton Bowl Hall of Heroes for the 1970s and the "Houston Chronicle " All-Time Cotton Bowl team.He started his coaching career as a defensive
graduate assistant at his alma mater before moving on to the high school level. He becamedefensive coordinator at the high school inMarlin, Texas , before moving on to his first head coaching job atHarmony Grove High School inCamden, Arkansas .Returning to the collegiate level in 1986, McAfee was hired as defensive coordinator by
Bill Pringle atTarleton State University . The Texans won consecutive TIAA championships in 1986 and 1987, finishing seasons 9–1–1 and 9–3, respectively.In 1988, McAfee succeeded Pringle as head coach at Tarleton State and spent the next five years leading the team. TSU won two TIAA championships (1989 & 1990) and made it to the NAIA II National Quarterfinals twice (1989 & 1990) in those five years.
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