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High school coaching career

After graduating from Texas Tech University in 1979, Briles began his coaching career as an assistant at Sundown High School. From 1980 to 1983, he served as an assistant at Sweetwater High School. At age 28 he then became head coach at Hamlin High School, where he coached from 1984 to 1985. From 1986 to 1987, he coached at Georgetown High School. Texas Tech University redirects here. ... Sundown is a city located in Hockley County, Texas. ... Sweetwater is a city in Nolan County, Texas, United States. ... Hamlin is a city located in Texas. ... Georgetown is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. ...

In 1988 he took over head coaching duties at Stephenville High School in Stephenville, Texas. The Stephenville Yellow Jackets did not make the playoffs in football from 1952-1989, but during Briles' tenure they won four state championships, including back-to-back titles in 1993 and 1994, and then again in 1998 and 1999. His 1998 team posted a then national record 8,650 yards of total offense and still holds the third and fourth positions on the national all-time list. Stephenville High School is a public secondary school in Stephenville, Texas. ... Stephenville, a city founded in 1856, is in Erath County, Texas, in the United States. ...

Ironically, in the 1993 and '94 state finals Briles' Stephenville squads faced La Marque, then coached by current Houston defensive coordinator Alan Weddell. La Marque Independent School District is a public school district based in La Marque, Texas (USA). ... Alan Weddell is an American football coach. ...

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College coaching career

From 2000 to 2002, Briles served as running backs coach under Mike Leach at Texas Tech. Michael C. Leach (born March 9, 1961) in Susanville, California) is the current head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team. ... Texas Tech University is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Lubbock, Texas, established in 1923 originally as Texas Technological College. ...

In 2003, he was hired as head coach at the University of Houston. In his first season, he led the Cougars to a 7-5 record, including a 48-54 triple overtime loss to Hawaiʻi, in the Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl. For other system schools, see University of Houston System. ... The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system. ... The Hawaii Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on the island of Oahu since 2002. ...

In 2006, Briles led the Cougars to a 10-3 regular season record and the Conference USA Championship that was played on December 1, 2006. The Cougars won the game 34-20 and it was the school's second C-USA Championship (the first came in 1996, in the school's inaugal season in the C-USA). Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. ...

In 2007, Houston was invited to the Texas Bowl, which will be played December 28 at Reliant Stadium.^[1] It is Houston's fourth bowl appearance in five years. The Texas Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that has been held for the first time in 2006 in Houston, Texas. ... Reliant Stadium is a football stadium in Houston, Texas. ...

Briles interviewed for the Baylor Head Coaching job on November 27, 2007.^[2] Baylor University is a private, Baptist-affiliated research university located in Waco, Texas. ...

Head coaching record

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References

External links

• Art Briles' profile page on UHcougars.com