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Dick Bumpas
Bumpas from 1969 "Razorback"
Biographical details
Born (1949-12-19) December 19, 1949 (age 74)
Playing career
1967-1970Arkansas
1974BC Lions (CFL)
1974-1976Memphis Southmen (WFL)
Position(s)Defensive tackle, Defensive end, Tight end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977Arkansas (GA)
1978Army (DL)
1979-1980Air Force (DL)
1981-1982Kansas State (DL)
1983–1984Tennessee Tech (DC)
1985–1988Tennessee (LB/ST)
1989Arkansas (DL)
1990–1991Notre Dame (DL)
1992-1994Utah State (DC)
1995–1998Navy (DC)
1999–2002Houston (Co-DC)
2003Western Michigan (DC)
2004–2014TCU (DC)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1978
Awards

Dick G. Bumpas (born December 19, 1949) is a retired American football coach and former player. He was an All-American defensive tackle at Arkansas and an assistant football coach at several college football programs, most notably an 11-year stint as the defensive coordinator at TCU.

Early life and playing career

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Bumpas grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he graduated from Southside High School in 1967 before enrolling at the University of Arkansas on a football scholarship.[1]

Playing for Coach Frank Broyles at Arkansas, he helped the Razorbacks win a Southwest Conference title in 1968 before defeating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, 1969.[2] While his junior season was remembered most for Arkansas' loss to Texas in the Game of the Century, Bumpas earned All-SWC honors and became a Consensus All-American as a senior in 1970.[3]

After graduating from Arkansas, Bumpas played professional football for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League and the Memphis Southmen of the World Football League.[4]

Coaching career

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Early years

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Bumpas began his coaching career when Broyles hired him as a graduate assistant at Arkansas in 1977[5] The next year, he took his first full-time job coaching defensive linemen at West Point. That season began a stretch of 26 in which Bumpas coached at 11 different schools. This stretch included stints working under coaches including Fisher DeBerry, Johnny Majors and Lou Holtz - and made him one of the few men to have coached at all three service academies.[6]

TCU

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During the journeyman phase of his career, Bumpas' time at Kansas State coincided with Wildcat safety Gary Patterson concluding his playing career in 1981 and beginning his coaching career as a graduate assistant under head coach Jim Dickey in 1982.[7] This was the first of three times he would cross paths with Patterson as fellow assistants - along with their corresponding stints at Tennessee Tech, Utah State and Navy.[8]

Patterson hired Bumpas to be his defensive coordinator at TCU in 2004,[9] where they built the Frogs into a perennial defensive powerhouse running Patterson's 4-2-5 scheme.[10] Bumpas' time in Fort Worth saw TCU jump from Conference USA to the Mountain West to the Big 12, winning five conference titles along the way.

Under Bumpas' leadership, three Horned Frogs earned AP 1st Team All-American honors on defense:

Additionally, 22 different TCU defenders earned 1st Team All-Conference honors under Bumpas:

Conference titles

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Over the course of his coaching career, Bumpas won eight conference titles with four different programs and in five different leagues:

Year Team Conference Head Coach Overall Record Conference Record
1985 Tennessee SEC Johnny Majors 9–1-2 5–1
1989 Arkansas SWC Ken Hatfield 10-2 7-1
1993 Utah State Big West Charlie Weatherbie 7–5 5–1
2005 TCU Mountain West Gary Patterson 11-1 8-0
2009 TCU Mountain West Gary Patterson 12-1 8-0
2010 TCU Mountain West Gary Patterson 13-0 8-0
2011 TCU Mountain West Gary Patterson 11-2 7-0
2014 TCU Big 12 Gary Patterson 12-1 8-1

Bowl games

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Bumpas coached in 19 bowl games at 7 different programs, with his teams amassing a record of 14-5 in those games:

Season Team Bowl Opponent Result Score Head coach
1977 Arkansas Orange Bowl Oklahoma Win 31–6 Lou Holtz
1982 Kansas State Independence Bowl Wisconsin Loss 14–3 Jim Dickey
1985 Tennessee Sugar Bowl Miami Win 35–7 Johnny Majors
1986 Tennessee Liberty Bowl Minnesota Win 21–14 Johnny Majors
1987 Tennessee Peach Bowl Indiana Win 27–22 Johnny Majors
1989 Arkansas Cotton Bowl Tennessee Loss 31-27 Ken Hatfield
1990 Notre Dame Orange Bowl Colorado Loss 10-9 Lou Holtz
1991 Notre Dame Sugar Bowl Florida Win 39-28 Lou Holtz
1991 Utah State Las Vegas Bowl Ball State Win 42-33 Charlie Weatherbie
1996 Navy Aloha Bowl Ball State Win 43-38 Charlie Weatherbie
2005 TCU Houston Bowl Iowa State Win 27-24 Gary Patterson
2006 TCU Poinsettia Bowl Northern Illinois Win 37-7 Gary Patterson
2007 TCU Texas Bowl Houston Win 20-13 Gary Patterson
2008 TCU Poinsettia Bowl Broncos Win 17-16 Gary Patterson
2009 TCU Fiesta Bowl Broncos Loss 17-10 Gary Patterson
2010 TCU Rose Bowl Wisconsin Win 21-19 Gary Patterson
2011 TCU Poinsettia Bowl Louisiana Tech Win 31-24 Gary Patterson
2012 TCU Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Michigan State Loss 17-16 Gary Patterson
2014 TCU Peach Bowl Ole Miss Win 42-3 Gary Patterson

Retirement

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Bumpas announced his retirement from coaching on February 3, 2015.[21] He was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in while still coaching at TCU in 2011[22] and into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2017.[23] He currently resides in Garfield, Arkansas with his wife, Gloria.

References

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  1. ^ "Former Rebel player Bumpas turns Grizzly" (PDF). The Rebel. October 18, 2012.
  2. ^ "35th Annual Sugar Bowl Classic". AllStateSugarBowl.org. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 TCU Football Fact Book". Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  5. ^ "Bumpas to serve as honorary captain". ArkansasRazorbacks.com. September 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "TCU Fact Book". Dick Bumpas. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "Possible candidates to replace Bill Snyder as K-State football coach". Wichita Eagle. December 2, 2018.
  8. ^ "TCU's Dick Bumpas retiring". ESPN.com. February 4, 2015.
  9. ^ "Quotes from Gary Patterson's Media Luncheon". GoFrogs.com. August 27, 2004.
  10. ^ "The Key to TCU's dominant defense". Sports on Earth. November 9, 2017.
  11. ^ "Hughes adds to All-American honors". GoFrogs.com. December 10, 2009.
  12. ^ "Frogs put three on All-CUSA squad". GoFrogs.com. December 7, 2004.
  13. ^ "TCU sets pace on All-MWC teams". GoFrogs.com. December 5, 2005.
  14. ^ "Thirteen Frogs named to All-MWC teams". GoFrogs.com. December 5, 2006.
  15. ^ "Frogs place 18 on All-MWC teams". GoFrogs.com. December 3, 2008.
  16. ^ "Frogs dominate All-MWC teams". GoFrogs.com. December 1, 2009.
  17. ^ "Mountain West All-Conference teams". Mountain West Conference. December 1, 2018.
  18. ^ "Carder and McCoy highlight TCU's All-MWC selections". GoFrogs.com. December 6, 2011.
  19. ^ "Frogs prominent on All-Big 12 team". GoFrogs.com. December 5, 2012.
  20. ^ "2014 All-Big 12 Awards Announced". Big12Sports.com. December 10, 2014.
  21. ^ "TCU defensive coordinator Bumpas calls it a career after coaching nearly 40 years". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. February 4, 2015.
  22. ^ "Bumpas receives Hall of Fame Honor". GoFrogs.com. February 27, 2010.
  23. ^ "Bumpas Selected for SWC Hall of Fame". NWHomePage.com. August 25, 2017.
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