Hardin Simmons: a football coaching history

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Stature and coaches, 1939–1962

The program’s standing over time, with every coach’s tenure beneath it — read down to see who was there for each rise and fall.

DynastyBlue BloodPower ProgramNational ProgramRegional Program
Program GOAT
Warren Woodson

Every coach

Big movers show how many stature points they built or lost against what they inherited; steadier tenures show the tier they reached instead.

1941–1942, 1946–1951
Warren Woodson Steady
Warren Woodson moved the Cowboys from National Program II to National Program I in 8 seasons.
+7.3 pts over 8 seasons · top 26% of 6-9-season tenures (368 in sample)
Closest comparable run: Steve Sarkisian’s Texas run (2021–now)

1st-best Hardin Simmons tenure of 1 by the numbers.

Followed Frank Kimbrough (1939–1940).

+7.3
58-24-6
1939–1940
Frank Kimbrough Short tenure
16-1-1