Frank Bridges

Frank Bogart Bridges Sr. (July 4, 1890 – June 10, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Baylor University from 1920 to 1925, Simmons University—now known as Hardin–Simmons University—from 1927 to 1929, and St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas from 1935 to 1939. Bridges was also the head basketball coach at Baylor from 1920 to 1926, at Simmons from 1927 to 1929, and at St. Mary's from 1935 to 1939, tallying a career college basketball mark of 104–135. In addition, he was Baylor's head baseball coach from 1920 to 1927, amassing a record of 95–73, and the head baseball coach at St. Mary's in 1938. In 1944, Bridges served as the co-head coach with Pete Cawthon and Ed Kubale for the Brooklyn Tigers of the National Football League (NFL). He graduated from Harvard University.[1]

For the railway signalman, see Soham rail disaster. For the Illinois politician, see Frank M. Bridges.
Frank Bridges
Bridges pictured in The Round-Up 1921, Baylor yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1890-07-04)July 4, 1890
Savannah, Georgia
DiedJune 10, 1970(1970-06-10) (aged 79)
San Antonio, Texas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919Fort Smith HS (AK)
1920–1925Baylor
1927–1929Simmons (TX)
1933–1934Texas Military College
1935–1939St. Mary's (TX)
1943Brooklyn Dodgers (assistant)
1944Brooklyn Tigers
Basketball
1920–1926Baylor
1927–1929Simmons (TX)
1935–1939St. Mary's (TX)
Baseball
1920–1927Baylor
1938St. Mary's (TX)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1920–1926Baylor
Head coaching record
Overall82–53–17 (college football)
104–135 (college basketball)
95–73 (college baseball, excluding St. Mary's)
0–5 (NFL)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
2 SWC (1922, 1924)

Basketball
2 Alamo (1936–1937)

Coaching career

Bridges coached high school football in Fort Smith, Arkansas.[1] During his tenure as head football coach at Baylor University, Bridges compiled a 35–18–6 record. His winning percentage of .644 ranks third in school history, behind R. H. Hamilton (.786) and Bob Woodruff (.645). In 1921 and 1922, he led the Bears to consecutive eight-win seasons. Bridges won the school's first two Southwest Conference championships, in 1922 and 1924. Baylor did not win another until 1974. From 1927 to 1929, he coached at Hardin–Simmons University where he posted a 16–13–4 record.

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Baylor Bears (Southwest Conference) (1920–1925)
1920 Baylor 4–4–11–2–15th
1921 Baylor 8–32–24th
1922 Baylor 8–35–01st
1923 Baylor 5–1–21–1–2T–4th
1924 Baylor 7–2–14–0–11st
1925 Baylor 3–5–20–3–27th
Baylor: 35–18–613–8–6
Simmons Cowboys (Texas Conference) (1927–1929)
1927 Simmons 5–3–22–1–22nd
1928 Simmons 6–6–12–3T–4th
1929 Simmons 5–4–11–3–1T–4th
Simmons: 16–13–45–7–3
St. Mary's Rattlers (Independent) (1935)
1935 St. Mary's 6–4–1
St. Mary's Rattlers (Alamo Conference) (1936–1939)
1936 St. Mary's 7–3–21–1T–1st
1937 St. Mary's 7–2–21–0–1T–1st
1938 St. Mary's 6–90–23rd
1939 St. Mary's 5–4–21–23rd
St. Mary's: 31–22–73–5–1
Total:82–53–17
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References
  1. Maxymuk, John (August 7, 2012). NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011. ISBN 9780786492954.
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