R.C. Slocum
| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 7, 1944 Oakdale, Louisiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1965–1967 | McNeese State |
| Position(s) | Tight end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1968–1969 | Lake Charles HS (LA) (DC) |
| 1970 | Kansas State (freshmen OL) |
| 1971 | Kansas State (freshmen) |
| 1972 | Texas A&M (offensive asst.) |
| 1973–1978 | Texas A&M (defensive asst.) |
| 1979–1980 | Texas A&M (DC) |
| 1981 | USC (DC) |
| 1982–1988 | Texas A&M (DC) |
| 1989–2002 | Texas A&M |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 123–47–2 |
| Bowls | 3–8 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 SWC (1991–1993) 1 Big 12 (1998) 2 Big 12 South Division (1997–1998) |
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| Awards | |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (2014) | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2012 (profile) |
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Richard Copeland Slocum (born November 7, 1944), better known as R. C. Slocum, is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Texas A&M University from 1989 to 2002. He has won more games as coach (123) than anyone else in Texas A&M Aggies football history. Slocum was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2012.
Raised in Orange, Texas, Slocum graduated from Stark High School in Orange in 1963 and attended McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Slocum earned a B.S. in physical education in 1967 and M.S. in educational administration in 1968, both from McNeese State. He has two sons; the oldest, Shawn Slocum, has been an assistant coach at Texas A&M under R. C. Slocum and has been the special teams coach for the Arizona State Sun Devils since 2015.
Slocum began his career as a football coach at a Lake Charles high school in 1968. Two years later, in 1970, Slocum became a graduate assistant at Kansas State University under head coach Vince Gibson. In 1971, he was named Head Freshman Coach.
Slocum spent the 1981 season as the defensive coordinator at the University of Southern California (USC). The team was led by head coach John Robinson. Slocum's defense led the Pacific-10 Conference in total defense that season. The team lost to Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl, finishing with a 9–3 record.
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