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John Bridgers
American football coach and college athletics administrator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Dixon Bridgers II (January 13, 1922 – November 24, 2006) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Johns Hopkins University from 1953 to 1956 and at Baylor University from 1959 to 1968, compiling a career college football record of 59–74–2. Bridgers was the athletic director at Florida State University from 1973 to 1979 and at the University of New Mexico from 1979 to 1987. He also worked as an assistant coach in the National Football League with the Baltimore Colts (1957–1958) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1969).
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1922-01-13)January 13, 1922 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | November 24, 2006(2006-11-24) (aged 84) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1946 | Auburn (GA) |
1947–1951 | Sewanee (line) |
1953–1956 | Johns Hopkins |
1957–1958 | Baltimore Colts (assistant) |
1959–1968 | Baylor |
1969 | Pittsburgh Steelers (assistant) |
1970–1972 | South Carolina (assistant) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1959–1968 | Baylor |
1973–1979 | Florida State |
1979–1987 | New Mexico |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 59–74–2 |
Bowls | 2–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 Mason–Dixon (1956) | |
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