Dewey Alexander Mayhew (December 21, 1898 – January 6, 1974) was an American football and baseball coach. He coached high school football at Marlin and Abilene, before serving as head coach at Texas College of Arts and Industries—now known as Texas A&M University–Kingsville—from 1946 to 1953. Mayhew won to state championships at Abilene (1928, 1931) and left as the all-time winningest coach with a record of 97–36–11, but was passed in 2007 by current Abilene coach Steve Warren.[1] He died of congestive heart failure in 1974.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 21, 1898 Texas, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 1974 (aged 75) Temple, Texas, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1926 | Marlin HS (TX) |
| 1927–1940 | Abilene HS (TX) |
| 1945 | Southwestern (TX) (assistant) |
| 1946–1953 | Texas A&I |
| Baseball | |
| 1946 | Southwestern (TX) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1946–1954 | Texas A&I |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 39–34–1 (college football) 0–13 (college baseball) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 Texas Conference (1951, 1953) | |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&I Javelinas (Independent) (1946–1948) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Texas A&I | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1947 | Texas A&I | 7–1–1 | |||||||
| 1948 | Texas A&I | 5–5 | |||||||
| Texas A&I Javelinas (Texas Conference) (1946–1949) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Texas A&I | 8–2 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1950 | Texas A&I | 6–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1951 | Texas A&I | 5–4 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1952 | Texas A&I | 3–8 | 1–3 | T–3rd | W International Bowl | ||||
| 1953 | Texas A&I | 3–5 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| Texas A&I: | 39–34–1 | 14–8 | |||||||
| Total: | 39–34–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "AHS needs to avoid looking ahead". Abilene Reporter-News. October 18, 2007. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
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