Bo Hagan

Harold Benjamin "Bo" Hagan (October 8, 1925 – January 22, 2002) was an American football and baseball player, football coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at Rice University from 1967 from 1970, compiling a record of 12–27–1. Before serving as head coach, Hagan was the backfield coach at Rice for 11 seasons. Hagan was the athletic director at the University of South Carolina from 1975 to 1976.

Bo Hagan

Biographical details
Born	(1925-10-08)October 8, 1925 Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Died	January 22, 2002(2002-01-22) (aged 76) Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1946–1949	South Carolina
Baseball
1947	South Carolina
1949–1950	South Carolina
1952	Jesup Bees
Position(s)	Quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1951–1953	Georgia Tech (freshmen)
1954–1955	SMU (backfield)
1956–1966	Rice (backfield)
1967–1970	Rice
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1967–1970	Rice
1975–1976	South Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	12–27–1

Coaching career

Hagan was a high school football coach in Atlanta before serving as freshmen football coach at the Georgia Tech under Bobby Dodd from 1951 to 1953. He moved to Southern Methodist University in 1954, where he worked for two seasons as backfield coach with Woody Woodard. In 1956, Jess Neely hired Hagan as his backfield coach at Rice University. He assisted Neely for 11 seasons before succeeding him as head coach after the 1966 campaign.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1967–1970)
1967	Rice	4–6	2–5	7th
1968	Rice	0–9–1	0–7	8th
1969	Rice	3–7	2–5	T–6th
1970	Rice	5–5	3–4	T–4th
Rice:		12–27–1	7–21
Total:		12–27–1

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)