re: A&M being a "coach killer" job. sure seems like it absolutely killed their last 4 coaches in a row and killed the job of 10/13 coaches they have had since 1950. 3 were successful somewhat - Sherrill, Gene Stallings who wasn't successful until 20 years after and Bear Bryant.
5/17 were successes going back to when Dana Bible was there in 1928. so yeah, seems like it is a coach killer job going back basically 100 years.
Kevin Sumlin: 51-26 at A&M, fired in 17, hired at Arizona, went 9-10, fired after 2020 and hasn't been a head coach again and is now an OC at Maryland. didn't have a winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
Mike Sherman: 25-25 at Texas A&M, fired in 2011, hasn't been a college coach since. was a high school coach - went 4-18 and resigned. was a coach in the CFL, went 5-13 and resigned/was fired. didn't have a winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
Franchione: 32-28 at A&M, fired in 07. went to Texas State, went 39-43 there. retired after going 3-9 in 2015 and ended his coaching career. had 1 winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
RC Slocum: 123-47-2 at Texas A&M. forced to resign in 02, never coached again at any level after he was the HC at A&M. didn't have a winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
Jackie Sherrill: 52-28-1 at A&M, forced to resign in 88. then went 75-75-2 at Mississippi State. had 7 wins in 13 years there, finished his last 3 years 8-27. never coached again. had 7 winning seasons as a HC after he left A&M. success after he left.
Tom Wilson: went 21-19 at A&M. left there and never as a HC again. was coaching high school football 2 years later. didn't have a winning season as a CFB HC after he left A&M.
Emory Bellard: 47-27 at A&M, resigned midseason after losing 2 games by a combined score of 67-6. coached at Miss State for 7 years after A&M. had 2 winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
Gene Stallings: 27-45-1 at A&M before they fired him in 1971. Then wandered the desert for almost 20 years before he became a HC at Alabama in 1990. had a winning record all 7 years he was there, including a national championship and 2 other top 5 finishes. had 7 winning season as a HC after he left A&M. let's call him a success after he left.
Hank Foldberg: went 6-21 at A&M before they fired him in 1964. never coached again. didn't have a winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
Jim Myers: 12-24-4 at A&M before they fired him in 1961. never was a head coach again. didn't have a winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
Bear Bryant: 25-14-2 at A&M. left for Alabama. 232-46-9 there including a bunch of national championships. clear success after he left.
Raymond George: 12-14-4, fired after the 53 season. never was a head coach again. didn't have a winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
Harry Stiteler: 8-21-2 at A&M before he left coaching in 50. never was a head coach again. didn't have a winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
Homer Norton: 82-53-9 at A&M, they fired him in 47. never was a head coach again. didn't have a winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
Matt Bell: 24-21-3. i think they fired him in 33. he went on to SMU and went 79-40-8 including a national championship and 3 other conference championships. clear success after he left.
DV Graves: 6-1 at A&M in 1918 before he was hired over but stayed on as an assistant under Dana X Bible. Bible was there in 17 and back in 19. he went on to Montana State in and was there for 2 years going 5-5-1. had 1 winning season as a HC after he left A&M.
Dana X Bible: 72-19-9 at A&M. idk what happened with him leaving but he won 50 games at Nebraska and 63 at Texas. this is also as far back as i'm willing to go. clear success after he left.
also fuck mike farrell.