Sport(s) Football 1944 Brooklyn Tigers 1920–1925 Baylor Name Frank Bridges | 1927–1929 Simmons (TX) Role Composer 1930s St. Mary's (TX) Education Royal College of Music | |
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Born July 4, 1890
Savannah, Georgia ( 1890-07-04 ) 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) (assistant) Died January 10, 1941, Eastbourne, United Kingdom Albums Works for String Quartet (Maggini Quartet) Similar People Benjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Frederick Delius, John Ireland, Edward Elgar | ||
Organist john scott plays frank bridge s adagio in e major
Frank B. Bridges (July 4, 1890 – June 10, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Baylor University from 1920 to 1925, at Simmons University—now Hardin–Simmons University—from 1927 to 1929, and at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas during the 1930s. Bridges was also the head basketball coach at Baylor from 1920 to 1926, at Simmons from 1927 to 1929, and at St. Mary's from 1935 to 1939, tallying a career college basketball mark of 104–135. In addition, he was Baylor's head baseball coach from 1920 to 1927, amassing a record of 95–73, and the head baseball coach at St. Mary's in 1938. In 1944, Bridges served as the co-head coach with Pete Cawthon and Ed Kubale for the Brooklyn Tigers of the National Football League (NFL).
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Coaching career
Bridges coached high school football in Fort Smith, Arkansas. During his tenure as head football coach at Baylor University, Bridges compiled a 35–18–6 record. His winning percentage of .644 ranks third in school history, behind R. H. Hamilton (.786) and Bob Woodruff (.645). In 1921 and 1922, he led the Bears to consecutive eight-win seasons. Bridges won the school's first two Southwest Conference championships, in 1922 and 1924. Baylor did not win another until 1974. From 1927 to 1929, he coached at Hardin–Simmons University where he posted a 16–13–4 record.