Jim Hess

Jim Hess
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1936-12-01) December 1, 1936 Farmersville, Texas
Playing career
1956–1957	Paris JC
1958–1959	Southeastern Oklahoma State
Position(s)	Fullback, cornerback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1981	Angelo State
1982–1988	Stephen F. Austin
1990–1996	New Mexico State
Head coaching record
Overall	135–107–5
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

James Hess (born December 1, 1936) is a former head football coach at Angelo State University, Stephen F. Austin State University and at New Mexico State. From 1974 to 1981 he coached at Angelo State, where in 1978 the team went undefeated and won the NAIA national championship. From 1982 to 1988, he coached at SFA, where he compiled a 47–30–2 record, 10–3 in his final season. From 1990 to 1996, he coached at New Mexico State, where he compiled a 22–55 (.286) record. He was fired in 1996 after his second 1–10 season at the school.

Jim Hess was a scout for the Dallas Cowboys until 2006. He is credited with "finding" Tony Romo in 2006, then an unknown, undrafted free-agent from Division I-AA Eastern Illinois.

Hess is currently the color commentator for Angelo State University.

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Angelo State Rams head football coaches

Max Bumgardner (1964–1968) Grant Teaff (1969–1971) James Cameron (1972–1973) Jim Hess (1974–1981) Jerry Vandergriff (1982–2004) Dale Carr (2005–2010) Will Wagner (2011– )

New Mexico State Aggies head football coaches

W. M. Clute (1893)
Alfred Holt (1894)
No coach (1895–1896)
Charles M. Barber (1897–1898)
John O. Miller (1899)
William A. Sutherland (1900)
John O. Miller (1901–1907)
W. G. Hummell (1908)
J. H. Squires (1909)
Art Badenoch (1910–1913)
Clarence W. Russell (1914–1916)
John G. Griffith (1917)
No team (1918)
Anthony Savage (1919)
Dutch Bergman (1920–1922)
R. R. Brown (1923–1925)
Arthur Burkholder (1926)
Ted R. Coffman (1927–1928)
Jerry Hines (1929–1939)
Julius J. Johnston (1940–1942)
Maurice Moulder (1943)
No team (1944–1945)
Raymond A. Curfman (1946–1947)
Vaughn D. Corley (1948–1950)
Joseph T. Coleman (1951–1952)
James Patton (1953–1954)
Anthony Cavallo (1955–1957)
Warren B. Woodson (1958–1967)
Jim Wood (1968–1972)
Jim Bradley (1973–1977)
Gil Krueger (1978–1982)
Fred Zechman (1983–1985)
Mike Knoll (1986–1989)
Jim Hess (1990–1996)
Tony Samuel (1997–2004)
Hal Mumme (2005–2008)
DeWayne Walker (2009–2012)
Doug Martin (2013– )

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks head football coaches

Bob Shelton (1923–1928)
Gene White (1929–1936)
Red Willis (1937–1940)
M. A. Baumgarten (1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Bill Pierce (1946)
Ted Jefferies (1947–1955)
Harold J. Fischer (1956–1958)
Red Conkright (1959–1961)
Shorty Hughes (1962–1970)
John Levra (1971–1974)
Dick Munzinger (1975)
Charles Simmons (1976–1981)
Jim Hess (1982–1988)
Lynn Graves (1989–1991)
John Pearce (1992–1998)
Mike Santiago (1999–2004)
Robert McFarland (2005–2006)
J. C. Harper (2007–2013)
Clint Conque (2014– )

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