(1899-02-22)February 22, 1899 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Died
June 30, 1983(1983-06-30) (aged 84) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1916–1919
Centre
Position(s)
End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1921
Haskell
1922
Carroll (WI)
1923–1928
TCU
1929–1933
Texas A&M
1935–1941
SMU
1945–1949
SMU
Basketball
1923–1929
TCU
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1947–1964
SMU
Head coaching record
Overall
153–88–17 (football) 71–41 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 National (1935) 4 SWC (1935, 1940, 1947–1948)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1955 (profile)
William Madison "Matty" Bell (February 22, 1899 – June 30, 1983) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He played for Centre, captain of its 1918 team. He served as the head football coach at the Haskell Institute (1920–1921), Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin (1922),[1] Texas Christian University (1923–1928), Texas A&M University (1929–1933), and Southern Methodist University (1935–1941, 1945–1949), compiling a career college football record of 147–88–17. His 1935 SMU Mustangs, which have been recognized as a national champion, went 12–0 in the regular season before losing to Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Bell was also the head basketball coach at Texas Christian for six seasons from 1923 to 1929, tallying a mark of 71–41. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1955. After retiring from coaching following the 1949 season, Bell served as the athletic director at Southern Methodist until 1964. He died in 1983 in Dallas, Texas.
^Carroll University Athletics Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Season-by-season football results
William Madison "Matty" Bell (February 22, 1899 – June 30, 1983) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics...
league player MattyBell (1899–1983), American college football player, football and basketball head coach and athletics administrator Matty Beniers (born...
retirement of Dan McGugin. Morrison was replaced by MattyBell in 1935. In his first season, Bell led the Mustangs to a 12–1 record. During this season...
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(1915–1916) Dana X. Bible (1917) D. V. Graves (1918) Dana X. Bible (1919–1928) MattyBell (1929–1933) Homer Norton (1934–1947) Harry Stiteler (1948–1950) Raymond...
1953. Under those four coaches (Bell, Schmidt, Meyer, and Martin), the Frogs accumulated a record of 262–165–30. MattyBell, who began coaching the Frogs...
Morrison (1922–1923) Ray Morrison (1924–1934) MattyBell (1935–1941) Jimmy Stewart (1942–1944) MattyBell (1945–1949) Rusty Russell (1950–1952) Woody Woodard...
Morrison (1922–1923) Ray Morrison (1924–1934) MattyBell (1935–1941) Jimmy Stewart (1942–1944) MattyBell (1945–1949) Rusty Russell (1950–1952) Woody Woodard...
Morrison (1922–1923) Ray Morrison (1924–1934) MattyBell (1935–1941) Jimmy Stewart (1942–1944) MattyBell (1945–1949) Rusty Russell (1950–1952) Woody Woodard...
Morrison (1922–1923) Ray Morrison (1924–1934) MattyBell (1935–1941) Jimmy Stewart (1942–1944) MattyBell (1945–1949) Rusty Russell (1950–1952) Woody Woodard...
Morrison (1922–1923) Ray Morrison (1924–1934) MattyBell (1935–1941) Jimmy Stewart (1942–1944) MattyBell (1945–1949) Rusty Russell (1950–1952) Woody Woodard...
(1915–1916) Dana X. Bible (1917) D. V. Graves (1918) Dana X. Bible (1919–1928) MattyBell (1929–1933) Homer Norton (1934–1947) Harry Stiteler (1948–1950) Raymond...
Horned Frogs and the Southern Methodist Mustangs; Ewing Y. Freeland and MattyBell also led both programs in the century-old Iron Skillet match-up. Dykes...
(1915–1916) Dana X. Bible (1917) D. V. Graves (1918) Dana X. Bible (1919–1928) MattyBell (1929–1933) Homer Norton (1934–1947) Harry Stiteler (1948–1950) Raymond...
Krzykowski who first took the position for the 2011 season. Former head coach MattyBell was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. The following...
Morrison (1922–1923) Ray Morrison (1924–1934) MattyBell (1935–1941) Jimmy Stewart (1942–1944) MattyBell (1945–1949) Rusty Russell (1950–1952) Woody Woodard...
Hackney (1919–1920) William L. Driver (1920–1922) John McKnight (1922–1923) MattyBell (1923–1929) Francis Schmidt (1929–1934) Dutch Meyer (1934–1937) Mike Brumbelow...
061. Of the 31 different head coaches who have led the Horned Frogs, MattyBell, Schmidt, Meyer, and Sullivan have been inducted into the College Football...
film directed by Matty Rich. The film stars Larenz Tate, Joe Morton, Suzzanne Douglass, Glynn Turman, Jada Pinkett and Vanessa Bell Calloway. Set in the...
screenplay with Matty Beckerman. It was released in theaters on Friday October 13, 2017, and stars Andy Biersack, Ben Bruce, Drake Bell, Denise Richards...
(1915–1916) Dana X. Bible (1917) D. V. Graves (1918) Dana X. Bible (1919–1928) MattyBell (1929–1933) Homer Norton (1934–1947) Harry Stiteler (1948–1950) Raymond...
Past head coaches include Glenn Thistlethwaite, Vince DiFrancesca, and MattyBell. The current coach is Mike Budziszewski, who replaced Mark Krzykowski...
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