Dick Bumpas

Dick G. Bumpas (born December 19, 1949) is a retired American football coach and former player. He was an All-American defensive tackle at Arkansas and an assistant football coach at several college football programs, most notably an 11-year stint as the defensive coordinator at TCU.

Dick Bumpas
Bumpas from 1969 "Razorback"
Biographical details
Born (1949-12-19) December 19, 1949
Playing career
1967-1970Arkansas
1974BC Lions (CFL)
1974-1976Memphis Southmen (WFL)
Position(s)Defensive tackle, Defensive end, Tight end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977Arkansas (GA)
1978Army (DL)
1979-1980Air Force (DL)
1981-1982Kansas State (DL)
1983–1984Tennessee Tech (DC)
1985–1988Tennessee (LB/ST)
1989Arkansas (DL)
1990-1991Notre Dame (DL)
1992-1994Utah State (DC)
1995-1998Navy (DC)
1999-2002Houston (Co-DC)
2003Western Michigan (DC)
2004-2014TCU (DC)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1978
Awards

Early Life and Playing Career

Bumpas grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he graduated from Southside High School in 1967 before enrolling at the University of Arkansas on a football scholarship.[1]

Playing for Coach Frank Broyles at Arkansas, he helped the Razorbacks win a Southwest Conference title in 1968 before defeating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, 1969.[2] While his junior season was remembered most for Arkansas' loss to Texas in the Game of the Century, Bumpas earned All-SWC honors and became a Consensus All-American as a senior in 1970.[3]

After graduating from Arkansas, Bumpas played professional football for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League and the Memphis Southmen of the World Football League.[4]

Coaching career

Early Years

Bumpas began his coaching career when Broyles hired him as a graduate assistant at Arkansas in 1977[5] The next year, he took his first full-time job coaching defensive linemen at West Point. That season began a stretch of 26 in which Bumpas coached at 11 different schools. This stretch included stints working under coaches including Fisher DeBerry, Johnny Majors and Lou Holtz - and made him one of the few men to have coached at all three service academies.[6]

TCU

During the journeyman phase of his career, Bumpas' time at Kansas State coincided with Wildcat safety Gary Patterson concluding his playing career in 1981 and beginning his coaching career as a graduate assistant under head coach Jim Dickey in 1982.[7] This was the first of three times he would cross paths with Patterson as fellow assistants - along with their corresponding stints at Tennessee Tech, Utah State and Navy.[8]

Patterson hired Bumpas to be his defensive coordinator at TCU in 2004,[9] where they built the Frogs into a perennial defensive powerhouse running Patterson's 4-2-5 scheme.[10] Bumpas' time in Fort Worth saw TCU jump from Conference USA to the Mountain West to the Big 12, winning five conference titles along the way.

Under Bumpas' leadership, three Horned Frogs earned AP 1st Team All-American honors on defense:

Additionally, 22 different TCU defenders earned 1st Team All-Conference honors under Bumpas:

Conference Titles

Over the course of his coaching career, Bumpas won eight conference titles with four different programs and in five different leagues:

Year Team Conference Head Coach Overall Record Conference Record
1985TennesseeSECJohnny Majors9–1-25–1
1989ArkansasSWCKen Hatfield10-27-1
1993Utah StateBig WestCharlie Weatherbie7–55–1
2005TCUMountain WestGary Patterson11-18-0
2009TCUMountain WestGary Patterson12-18-0
2010TCUMountain WestGary Patterson13-08-0
2011TCUMountain WestGary Patterson11-27-0
2014TCUBig 12Gary Patterson12-18-1

Bowl games

Bumpas coached in 19 bowl games at 7 different programs, with his teams amassing a record of 14-5 in those games:

Season Team Bowl Opponent Result Score Head coach
1977ArkansasOrange BowlOklahomaWin31–6Lou Holtz
1982Kansas StateIndependence BowlWisconsinLoss14–3Jim Dickey
1985TennesseeSugar BowlMiamiWin35–7Johnny Majors
1986TennesseeLiberty BowlMinnesotaWin21–14Johnny Majors
1987TennesseePeach BowlIndianaWin27–22Johnny Majors
1989ArkansasCotton BowlTennesseeLoss31-27Ken Hatfield
1990Notre DameOrange BowlColoradoLoss10-9Lou Holtz
1991Notre DameSugar BowlFloridaWin39-28Lou Holtz
1991Utah StateLas Vegas BowlBall StateWin42-33Charlie Weatherbie
1996NavyAloha BowlBall StateWin43-38Charlie Weatherbie
2005TCUHouston BowlIowa StateWin27-24Gary Patterson
2006TCUPoinsettia BowlNorthern IllinoisWin37-7Gary Patterson
2007TCUTexas BowlHoustonWin20-13Gary Patterson
2008TCUPoinsettia BowlBroncosWin17-16Gary Patterson
2009TCUFiesta BowlBroncosLoss17-10Gary Patterson
2010TCURose BowlWisconsinWin21-19Gary Patterson
2011TCUPoinsettia BowlLouisiana TechWin31-24Gary Patterson
2012TCUBuffalo Wild Wings BowlMichigan StateLoss17-16Gary Patterson
2014TCUPeach BowlOle MissWin42-3Gary Patterson

Retirement

Bumpas announced his retirement from coaching on February 3, 2015.[21] He was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in while still coaching at TCU in 2011[22] and into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2017.[23] He currently resides in Fort Smith with his wife, Gloria.

References
  1. "Former Rebel player Bumpas turns Grizzly" (PDF). The Rebel. October 18, 2012.
  2. "35th Annual Sugar Bowl Classic". AllStateSugarBowl.org.
  3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. "2014 TCU Football Fact Book". 2014 TCU Football Fact Book. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  5. "Bumpas to serve as honorary captain". ArkansasRazorbacks.com. September 16, 2015.
  6. "TCU Fact Book". Dick Bumpas. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  7. "Possible candidates to replace Bill Snyder as K-State football coach". Wichita Eagle. December 2, 2018.
  8. "TCU's Dick Bumpas retiring". ESPN.com. February 4, 2015.
  9. "Quotes from Gary Patterson's Media Luncheon". GoFrogs.com. August 27, 2004.
  10. "The Key to TCU's dominant defense". Sports on Earth. November 9, 2017.
  11. "Hughes adds to All-American honors". GoFrogs.com. December 10, 2009.
  12. "Frogs put three on All-CUSA squad". GoFrogs.com. December 7, 2004.
  13. "TCU sets pace on All-MWC teams". GoFrogs.com. December 5, 2005.
  14. "Thirteen Frogs named to All-MWC teams". GoFrogs.com. December 5, 2006.
  15. "Frogs place 18 on All-MWC teams". GoFrogs.com. December 3, 2008.
  16. "Frogs dominate All-MWC teams". GoFrogs.com. December 1, 2009.
  17. "Mountain West All-Conference teams". Mountain West Conference. December 1, 2018.
  18. "Carder and McCoy highlight TCU's All-MWC selections". GoFrogs.com. December 6, 2011.
  19. "Frogs prominent on All-Big 12 team". GoFrogs.com. December 5, 2012.
  20. "2014 All-Big 12 Awards Announced". Big12Sports.com. December 10, 2014.
  21. "TCU defensive coordinator Bumpas calls it a career after coaching nearly 40 years". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. February 4, 2015.
  22. "Bumpas receives Hall of Fame Honor". GoFrogs.com. February 27, 2010.
  23. "Bumpas Selected for SWC Hall of Fame". NWHomePage.com. August 25, 2017.
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