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  1st Year Big 12 Coaches

     Most Wins to Begin a Big 12 Coaching Career
  Consecutive
     Wins     Coach                      School          Season(s)
      24      Dana X. Bible              Texas A&M       1917, 19-20*
      11      Fred Akers                 Texas           1977**
       9      Bill Whitaker              Texas           1920
       8      E.J. "Doc" Stewart         Nebraska        1916
       7      E.M. Hopkins               Kansas          1891
       7      Wylie  Woodruff            Kansas          1891
       6      R.D. Wentworth             Texas           1894
       6      Fielding "Hurry-up" Yost   Nebraska        1898
       6      S.H. Thompson              Texas           1900
       6      Bob Devaney                Nebraska        1962
       5      Harry Hiller               Colorado        1894
       5      Frank Crawford             Texas           1895
       5      W.S. Wasmund               Texas           1910
       5      E.H. Holland               Texas A&M       1915
       5      D.V. Graves                Texas A&M       1918
       5      Forrest "Fog"Allen         Kansas          1920
       5      Dell Morgan                Texas Tech      1941
       5      Rick Neuheisel             Colorado        1995
       5      Frank Solich               Nebraska        1998
     *Didn't coach in 1918, as he was serving in WW I…
          he was replaced by D.V. Graves, who won 6 straight
          games, to begin his career.
     **Won 14 consecutive games, if the loss in the Cotton Bowl
          didn’t count.
 
     Most Wins in  Debut Season
     Min. 9 Wins
     Wins   Coach              School          Season  Record
      11    Fred Akers         Texas            1977   11-1
      10    Blair Cherry       Texas            1947   10-1
      10    Chuck Fairbanks    Oklahoma         1967   10-1
      10    Barry Switzer      Oklahoma         1973   10-0-1
      10    Pat Jones          Oklahoma State   1984   10-2
      10    Rick Neuheisel     Colorado         1995   10-2
       9    H.R. Schenker      Texas            1906    9-1
       9    Berry Whitaker     Texas            1920    9-0
       9    Dell Morgan        Texas Tech       1941    9-2
       9    Ed Price           Texas            1952    9-2
       9    Sam Boyd           Baylor           1956    9-2
       9    Bob Devaney        Nebraska         1962    9-2
       9    Tom Osborne        Nebraska         1973    9-2-1
       9    Mack Brown         Texas            1998    9-3
       9    Frank Solich       Nebraska         1998    9-4
 
     Big 12 Coaches That Didn't Lose a Game in His First Year
     Coach            School         Season      Record
     Barry Switzer    Oklahoma        1973       10-0-1
     Berry Whitaker   Texas           1920        9-0-0
     Dana X. Bible    Texas A&M       1917        8-0-0
     E.M. Hopkins     Kansas          1891        7-0-1
     J.E. Platt       Texas A&M       1902        7-0-2
     William Roper    Missouri        1909        7-0-1
     Charley Moran    Texas A&M       1909        7-0-1
     John Miller      Missouri        1920        7-0-1

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