Murray Warmath

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Murray Warmath (born October 16, 1912) was the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football program from 1954 to 1971. During his successful tenure, he compiled a 87-78-7 (.526) record, three eight-win seasons and its last NCAA Division I-A national championship in 1960. Warmath was named the national coach of the year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and led the Golden Gophers to their last Rose Bowl in 1962. Before coaching the Gophers, Warmath spent two seasons (1952-53) as head coach Mississippi State University. He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers under legendary coach Robert Neyland.

[edit] Head coaching records

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl	Coaches^#	AP^°
Mississippi State (Southeastern Conference) (1952 – 1953)
1952	Mississippi State	5-4	3-4	7th
1953	Mississippi State	5-2-3	3-1-3	5th
Mississippi State:		10-6-3	6-5-3
Minnesota (Big Ten Conference) (1954 – 1971)
1954	Minnesota	7-2	4-2	4th		20
1955	Minnesota	3-6	2-5	8th
1956	Minnesota	6-1-2	4-1-2	2nd (tie)		9	12
1957	Minnesota	4-5	3-5	8th
1958	Minnesota	1-8	1-6	9th
1959	Minnesota	2-7	1-6	10th
1960	Minnesota	8-2	5-1	1st (tie)	L 7-17 Rose Bowl	1	1
1961	Minnesota	8-2	6-1	2nd	W 21-3 Rose Bowl	6	6
1962	Minnesota	6-2-1	5-2	2nd		10	10
1963	Minnesota	3-6	2-5	9th
1964	Minnesota	5-4	4-3	4th (tie)
1965	Minnesota	5-4-1	5-2	3rd (tie)
1966	Minnesota	4-5-1	3-3-1	5th
1967	Minnesota	8-2	6-1	1st (tie)		14
1968	Minnesota	6-4	5-2	3rd (tie)		18
1969	Minnesota	4-5-1	4-3	4th
1970	Minnesota	3-6-1	2-4-1	7th
1971	Minnesota	4-7	3-5	6th (tie)
Minnesota:		87-78-7	65-57-4
Total:		97-84-10
National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll of the season.

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Preceded by Wes Fesler	University of Minnesota Head Football Coach 1954–1971	Succeeded by Cal Stoll
Preceded by Ben Schwartzwalder	Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 1960	Succeeded by Darrell Royal

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v • d • e Mississippi State Bulldogs Head Football Coaches

Matthews • Hildebrand • Harvey • Gwinn • Martin • Furman • Chadwick • Hayes • Robinson • Holtkamp • Noble • Able • Bierman • Hancock • Cagle • Dauber • McKechnie • Sasse • Nelson • McKeen • Morton • Warmath • Royal • Walker • Davis • Shira • Tyler • Bellard • Felker • Sherrill • Croom

v • d • e Minnesota Golden Gophers Head Football Coaches

Peebles • Jones • D. W. McCord • A. McCord • F. Heffelfinger • Morse • Eck • Moulton • Winter • Cochrane • W. Heffelfinger • Jerrems • Minds • Harrison • Leary • Williams • Spaulding • Spears • Crisler • Bierman • Hauser • Fesler • Warmath • Stoll • Salem • Holtz • Gutekunst • Wacker • Mason • Brewster