Jim Myers

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Jim Myers

Sport	Football
Born	c. 1921
Place of birth	Madison, WV
Career highlights
Overall	16-29-5
Coaching stats
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Playing career
1940s	Tennessee
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1947 1948 1949-1956 1957 1958-1961 1962-1986	Wofford (OL) Vanderbilt (OL) UCLA (OL/OC) Iowa State Texas A&M Dallas Cowboys (OL/OC)

James A. “Jim” Myers (born c. 1921 in Madison, West Virginia) is a former American football coach. He coached for 40 years at the collegiate and professional level. He is probably most remembered for his time as line coach and (since 1971) associated head coach with the Dallas Cowboys under Tom Landry.

After serving as line coach and offensive coordinator under Henry Russell Sanders at the Vanderbilt University and later University of California, Los Angeles, Myers became head coach at Iowa State University in 1957, where he compiled a 4-5-1 record. He later coached at Texas A&M from 1958 to 1961. His record there stands at 12-24-4. Myers frequently used a single-wing formation he had learned at Tennessee under head coach Robert Neyland.

Myers was hired by Tom Landry to coach the Dallas Cowboys offensive line in 1962. He later became offensive coordinator and associated head coach.

[edit] Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Coaches^#	AP^°
Iowa State Cyclones (Big Eight Conference) (1957 – 1957)
1957	Iowa State	4–5–1			—	—
Iowa State:		4–5–1
Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1958 – 1961)
1958	Texas A&M	4–6	2–4	T–5^th	—	—
1959	Texas A&M	3–7	0–6	7^th	—	—
1960	Texas A&M	1–6–3	0–4–3	7^th	—	—
1961	Texas A&M	4–5–1	3–4	4^th	—	—
Texas A&M:		12–24–4	5–18–3
Total:		16–29–5
National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title
^†Indicates BCS bowl game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll of the season.

v • d • e Iowa State Cyclones Head Football Coaches

Brownlie • Finney • German • Warner • Meyers • Woodruff • Clinton • Ristine • Williams • Hubbard • Mayser • Paine • Kent • Willaman • Workman • Veenker • Yeager • Donels • Michalske • E. Stuber • DiFrancesca • Myers • Stapleton • Majors • Bruce • Duncan • Criner • Walden • McCarney • Chizik

v • d • e Texas A&M Aggies Head Football Coaches

Perkins • Soule • South • Taylor • Williams • Murray • Platt • Bachman • Larson • Merriam • Moran • Harlan • Bible • Graves • Bell • Norton • Stiteler • George • Bryant • Myers • Foldberg • Stallings • Bellard • Wilson • Sherrill • Slocum • Franchione • Darnell (interim) • Sherman