Ken Hatfield
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 6, 1943 Helena, Arkansas |
| Playing career | |
| 1961–1964 | Arkansas |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1968 | Tennessee (assistant freshmen) |
| 1969 | Tennessee (freshmen) |
| 1970 | Tennessee (WR) |
| 1971–1977 | Florida (assistant) |
| 1978 | Air Force (OC) |
| 1979–1983 | Air Force |
| 1984–1989 | Arkansas |
| 1990–1993 | Clemson |
| 1994–2005 | Rice |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 168–140–4 |
| Bowls | 4–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 SWC (1988–1989, 1994) 1 ACC (1991) |
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| Awards | |
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AFCA Coach of the Year (1983) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (1983) Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (2015) |
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Ken Hatfield (born June 6, 1943) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the United States Air Force Academy (1979–1983), the University of Arkansas (1984–1989), Clemson University (1990–1993), and Rice University (1994–2005), compiling a career college football record of 168–140–4.
Hatfield is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, where he starred at defensive back for the 1964 team that won a share of the national championship. Among his teammates were such pro football luminaries as Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones. He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Hatfield began his college head coaching career at the United States Air Force Academy from 1979 to 1983. He gradually rebuilt a program that had struggled through most of the 1970s and laid the foundation for its success in the 1980s and early 1990s under his offensive coordinator and successor, Fisher DeBerry. By his final year, the Falcons were ranked 13th in the country by the Coaches' Poll and 15th in the AP Poll—their first appearance in a final poll since 1970.
Hatfield then moved to his alma mater, Arkansas, where he compiled a 55–17–1 record from 1984 to 1989. His teams won two straight Southwest Conference titles in 1988 and 1989, a feat that the Razorbacks had not accomplished since his playing days. In 1989, Hatfield became the first former player to coach his alma mater in the Cotton Bowl Classic. Arkansas's Southwest Conference championship that season is the program's last conference title to date.
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