Maxie Lambright

Maxie Lambright
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	1924
Died	January 28, 1980(1980-01-28)^[1]
Playing career
1946–1948	Southern Miss^[2]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1955 1956–1958 1959–1966 1967–1978 1970–1978	Winona SS Bolton HS Southern Miss (OB) Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech (AD)
Head coaching record
Overall	95–36–2
Bowls	6–3
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Division II: 1972, 1973, 1974 Gulf States: 1969 Southland: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978
Awards Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (1984) University of Southern Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (1974)

Maxie T. Lambright (1924 – January 28, 1980) was the head football coach of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team from 1967–1978 and the university's athletic director from 1970-1978.^[3] He led Louisiana Tech to 3 Division II National Championships and 7 conference championships. Lambright coached the legendary quarterback Terry Bradshaw. Lambright played college football at Southern Miss from 1946–1948 and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1949.

Maxie Lambright is a member of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, and the University of Southern Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (Class of 1974).

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Gulf States Conference) (1967–1970)
1967	Louisiana Tech	3–7	0–5	6th
1968	Louisiana Tech	9–2	3–2	T–2nd	W Grantland Rice
1969	Louisiana Tech	8–2	5–0	1st	L Grantland Rice
1970	Louisiana Tech	2–8	0–5	6th
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Southland Conference) (1971–1978)
1971	Louisiana Tech	9–2	4–1	1st	W Pioneer
1972	Louisiana Tech	12–0	5–0	1st	W Grantland Rice
1973	Louisiana Tech	12–1	5–0	1st	W Pioneer, W Camellia
1974	Louisiana Tech	11–1	5–0	1st	L Pioneer
1975	Louisiana Tech	8–2	4–1	2nd
1976	Louisiana Tech	6–5	2–3	T–4th
1977	Louisiana Tech	9–1–2	4–0–1	1st	W Independence
1978	Louisiana Tech	6–5	4–1	1st	L Independence
Louisiana Tech:		95–36–2	41–18–1
Total:		95–36–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs head football coaches

Edwin Barber (1901)
Frank Singleton (1902)
Howard F. Crandell (1902)
W. M. Robb (1903)
E. G. Pierce (1904)
J. V. Bragg (1905)
Z. T. Young (1906)
George L. Watkins (1907)
A. L. Cornell (1908)
Percy S. Prince (1909–1915)
A. Flack (1916)
V. S. Pugh (1917)
No team (1918)
Percy S. Prince (1919)
R. Foster Clark (1920–1921)
William Henry Dietz (1922–1923)
Phillip Arbuckle (1924)
R. C. Kenney (1925)
Hugh E. Wilson (1926–1927)
Tod Rockwell (1928–1929)
George Bohler (1930–1933)
Eddie McLane (1934–1938)
Ray E. Davis (1939)
Joe Aillet (1940–1942)
No team (1943)
Joe Aillet (1944–1966)
Maxie Lambright (1967–1978)
Larry Beightol (1979)
Pat Patterson # (1979)
Billy Brewer (1980–1982)
A. L. Williams (1983–1986)
Carl Torbush (1987)
Joe Raymond Peace (1988–1995)
Gary Crowton (1996–1998)
Jack Bicknell, Jr. (1999–2006)
Derek Dooley (2007–2009)
Sonny Dykes (2010–2012)
Skip Holtz (2013–)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Louisiana Tech athletic directors

Eddie McLane (1939) Joe Aillet (1940–1970) Maxie Lambright (1971–1978) Larry Beightol (1979) Butch Henry (1979–1980) Alan Jones (1980) Charles Bussey (1981–1983) Bob Vanatta (1983–1986) Paul A. Miller (1986–1990) Jerry Stovall (1990–1993) Jim Oakes (1994–2008) Derek Dooley (2008–2010) Bruce Van De Velde (2010–2013) Tommy McClelland (2013– )