Emory Bellard
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 17, 1927 Luling, Texas |
| Died | February 10, 2011 (aged 83) Georgetown, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1946–1947 | Texas |
| 1948–1949 | Southwest Texas State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1952–1954 | Ingleside (TX) HS |
| 1955–1959 | Breckenridge (TX) HS |
| 1960–1966 | San Angelo (TX) Central HS |
| 1967–1971 | Texas (OC) |
| 1972–1978 | Texas A&M |
| 1979–1985 | Mississippi State |
| 1988–1993 | Spring Westfield (TX) HS |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 85–69 (college) 177–59–9 (high school) |
| Bowls | 2–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SWC (1975) 6 Texas state championships (1951, 1952, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1966) |
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| Awards | |
| Sporting News College Football COY (1975) | |
Emory Dilworth Bellard (December 17, 1927 – February 10, 2011) was a college football coach. He was head coach at Texas A&M University from 1972 to 1978 and at Mississippi State University from 1979 until 1985. Bellard died on February 10, 2011 after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) since the fall of 2010.
Bellard is a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. He was considered to have had one of the most innovative offensive minds in football and is credited for inventing the wishbone formation.
A native of Luling, Texas, Bellard was one of 12 children. His father was a geologist and driller who arrived in Central Texas in the late 1920s to take part in the emerging oil boom. Bellard graduated from Aransas Pass High School and went on to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where he played his freshman year under coach Dana X. Bible. Bellard broke his leg during his sophomore season and later transferred to Southwest Texas State (now Texas State University–San Marcos).
Bellard was a high school head coach for 21 seasons, where he achieved a record of 177–59–9 and won three state titles. During his time as a high school coach, he explored the idea of running an offense out of a three-back formation.
Bellard began coaching at Ingleside High School, a Class B school in Ingleside, Texas. He guided the school to two consecutive regional wins (as far as Class B football went) in 1953 and 1954, and a street near Ingleside High School is named after him. He was then hired to succeed Joe Kerbel at Breckenridge High School, then a state powerhouse in the second-highest UIL classification. Under coach Kerbel and his predecessor Cooper Robbins, Breckenridge won three 3A state championships in 1951, 1952, and 1954. Bellard continued that winning tradition with state titles in 1958 and 1959.
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