Murray Warmath
Warmath pictured in Reveille 1942, Mississippi State yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 26, 1912 Humboldt, Tennessee |
| Died | March 16, 2011 (aged 98) Bloomington, Minnesota |
| Playing career | |
| 1932–1934 | Tennessee |
| Position(s) | End, guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1935–1938 | Tennessee (line/ends) |
| 1939–1942 | Mississippi State (line) |
| 1945–1948 | Tennessee (line) |
| 1949–1951 | Army (line) |
| 1952–1953 | Mississippi State |
| 1954–1971 | Minnesota |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 97–84–10 |
| Bowls | 1–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 National (1960) 2 Big Ten (1960, 1967) |
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| Awards | |
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AFCA Coach of the Year (1960) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1960) |
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Murray Warmath (December 26, 1912 – March 16, 2011) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State University from 1952 to 1953 and at the University of Minnesota from 1954 to 1971, compiling a career college football record of 97–84–10. In 1960, Warmath led the Minnesota Golden Gophers to a share of the Big Ten Conference title, an appearance in the Rose Bowl, and a national championship, the program's most recent to date. The following season, Minnesota placed second in the Big Ten Conference and returned to the Rose Bowl. Warmath's 1967 squad captured a share of a second Big Ten championship.
Warmath played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers under legendary coach Robert Neyland. After graduation from college, Warmath was the line coach for one season and end coach for three seasons at Tennessee before entering military service during World War II. After the service, he was named head line coach at Tennessee, and then served in the same capacity at the United States Military Academy under Red Blaik; Vince Lombardi was the backfield coach at Army during those years. Warmath then spent two seasons (1952–1953) as head coach at Mississippi State University before resigning at the end of the 1953 season to take the Minnesota job.
After coming to Minnesota, Warmath had immediate success, leading the Gophers to a 7–2 record in his first season and a 6–1–2 record in 1956. However, Warmath came under fire after three straight losing seasons in which the Gophers finished a combined 6–20, including the 1958 campaign in which the Gophers won only one game and the 1959 campaign in which the Gophers finished last in the Big Ten and won two games. Despite fans throwing garbage on his lawn and talk from Gopher boosters that the University should buy out the last two years of his contract, Warmath would survive the storm and the following season the Gophers won the Big Ten title, with an 8–1 record, and were declared national champions.
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