Buster Brannon
![]() Brannon c. 1958 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. | October 21, 1908
Died | April 14, 1979 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | (aged 70)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1931–1932 | TCU |
Basketball | |
1930–1933 | TCU |
Position(s) | Quarterback (football) Guard (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1938–1942 | Rice |
1945–1946 | Rice |
1948–1967 | TCU |
Football | |
1946–1947 | Florida (assistant) |
1949–1954 | TCU (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 289–296 |
Tournaments | 4–6 (NCAA / NCAA University Division) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
6 SWC regular season (1940, 1942, 1951–1953, 1959) | |
Byron Scott "Buster" Brannon (October 21, 1908 – April 14, 1979) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Rice University from 1938 to 1942 and again from 1945 to 1946 and at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1948 to 1967, compiling a career college basketball record of 289–296. His teams played in five NCAA tournaments and won six Southwest Conference championships. Brannon died of a heart attack on April 14, 1979.[1]
Early life
[edit]Brannon was born on October 21, 1908, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit]Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1938–1942) | |||||||||
1938–39 | Rice | 10–11 | 6–6 | 5th | |||||
1939–40 | Rice | 25–4 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional Third Place | ||||
1940–41 | Rice | 18–6 | 8–4 | 2nd | |||||
1941–42 | Rice | 22–5 | 10–2 | T–1st | NCAA Regional Fourth Place | ||||
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1945–1946) | |||||||||
1945–46 | Rice | 10–11 | 5–7 | 5th | |||||
Rice: | 85–37 (.697) | 39–21 (.650) | |||||||
TCU Horned Frogs (Southwest Conference) (1948–1967) | |||||||||
1948–49 | TCU | 4–20 | 1–11 | 7th | |||||
1949–50 | TCU | 14–11 | 5–7 | 6th | |||||
1950–51 | TCU | 16–9 | 8–4 | T–1st | |||||
1951–52 | TCU | 24–4 | 11–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional Third Place | ||||
1952–53 | TCU | 16–8 | 9–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional Third Place | ||||
1953–54 | TCU | 10–14 | 5–7 | 6th | |||||
1954–55 | TCU | 17–7 | 8–4 | T–2nd | |||||
1955–56 | TCU | 4–20 | 2–10 | 7th | |||||
1956–57 | TCU | 14–10 | 6–6 | T–3rd | |||||
1957–58 | TCU | 17–7 | 8–6 | T–3rd | |||||
1958–59 | TCU | 20–6 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA University Division Regional Third Place | ||||
1959–60 | TCU | 7–17 | 4–10 | 7th | |||||
1960–61 | TCU | 5–19 | 3–11 | 7th | |||||
1961–62 | TCU | 5–19 | 3–11 | 7th | |||||
1962–63 | TCU | 4–20 | 1–13 | 8th | |||||
1963–64 | TCU | 4–20 | 0–14 | 8th | |||||
1964–65 | TCU | 6–18 | 3–11 | 6th | |||||
1965–66 | TCU | 8–16 | 6–8 | T–6th | |||||
1966–67 | TCU | 10–14 | 8–6 | T–2nd | |||||
TCU: | 204–259 (.441) | 103–145 (.415) | |||||||
Total: | 289–296 (.494) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ "Brannon dies". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 16, 1979. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ "Byron ("Buster") Scott Brannon (b. October 21, 1908, d. April 14, 1979)". Ancestry.com. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
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