Mack Saxon

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Mack Saxon
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	1901 Palestine, Texas
Died	May 8, 1949 Arlington, Virginia
Playing career
1925–1926	Texas
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1927–1928 1929–1941 Basketball 1928–1934 Baseball 1928, 1930	Texas Mines (assistant) Texas Mines Texas Mines Texas Mines
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1929–1941	Texas Mines
Head coaching record
Overall	66–43–9 (football) 34–61 (basketball) 17–4 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Mack Saxon (c. 1901 – May 8, 1949) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletic administrator in the United States. He served as the head football coach at the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy, now the University of Texas El Paso, from 1929 to 1941, compiling a record of 66–43–9. He had three 7–1 seasons at Texas Mines. His 1936 team lost in the Sun Bowl, the only bowl game to which his teams were invited. From 1928 to 1934, Saxon coached the Texas Mines basketball team, tallying a mark of 34–61. He also coached the school's baseball team in 1928 and 1930, amassing record of 17–4. Saxon died at the age of 47 of a heart attack at his home in Arlington, Virginia on May 8, 1949.^[1]

References

↑ AP (May 10, 1949). "Mack Saxon, Trained Aviators in Navy, 47". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2011.

External links

Mack Saxon at the College Football Data Warehouse

UTEP Miners head football coaches

Tommy Dwyer (1914–1917)
No team (1918)
Tommy Dwyer (1919)
Harry Van Surdam (1920)
Thomas C. Holiday (1921)
Jack C. Vowell (1922–1923)
George B. Powell (1924–1926)
E. J. Stewart (1927–1928)
Mack Saxon (1929–1941)
Walter Milner (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Jack Curtice (1946–1949)
Mike Brumbelow (1950–1956)
Ben Collins (1957–1961)
Bum Phillips (1962)
Warren Harper (1963–1964)
Bobby Dobbs (1965–1972)
Tommy Hudspeth (1972–1973)
Gil Bartosh (1974–1976)
Bill Michael (1977–1981)
Billy Alton # (1981)
Bill Yung (1982–1985)
Bob Stull (1986–1988)
David Lee (1989–1993)
Charlie Bailey (1993–1999)
Gary Nord (2000–2003)
Mike Price (2004–2012)
Sean Kugler (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

UTEP Miners basketball head coaches

Tommy Dwyer (1914–1923)
Jack Vowell (1923–1924)
George B. Powell (1924–1926)
No team (1926–1927)
E. J. Stewart (1927–1928)
Mack Saxon (1928–1934)
No team (1934–1935)
J. B. Andrews (1935–1936)
Marshall Pennington (1936–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Charles Finley (1944–1945)
Dale Waters (1945–1947)
Ross Moore (1947–1948)
Dale Waters (1948–1949)
Russ Moore (1949–1950)
Dale Waters (1950–1953)
George McCarty (1953–1959)
Harold Davis (1959–1961)
Don Haskins (1961–1999)
Jason Rabedeaux (1999–2002)
Billy Gillispie (2002–2004)
Doc Sadler (2004–2006)
Tony Barbee (2006–2010)
Tim Floyd (2010– )

Persondata
Name	Saxon, Mack
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	c. 1901
Place of birth	Palestine, Texas
Date of death	May 8, 1949
Place of death	Arlington, Virginia

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