1. Major Lee Applewhite was born on July 26,1978 and is an American college football coach and former player.
24 Facts About Major Applewhite
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Major Applewhite is the head football coach for the University of South Alabama, a position he has held since 2024.
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Major Applewhite started his coaching career in 2003 and in addition to South Alabama and Houston he has held various positions at Texas, Syracuse, Rice and Alabama.
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Major Applewhite previously held the record for career yards and consecutive passes without an interception.
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Major Applewhite led Texas to two Big 12 Championship games, to victory in 2 Bowl games, and set 48 school records along the way.
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Major Applewhite suffered a knee injury in the 4th quarter of the Cotton Bowl and was replaced by Simms.
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The next season Major Applewhite was again the starter, but after a loss to Stanford in the second game, Simms was given the start the following game against Houston.
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Simms struggled early and Applewhite got the majority of the snaps in what turned out to be a rout, thus regaining the starting job.
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Major Applewhite lost it again following a season-ending knee injury in the Texas Tech game.
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Meanwhile, Major Applewhite was seen attempting to rally the offense before they took to the field, even as the restless Texas fans booed Simms.
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Major Applewhite's second pass was completed for a 79-yard touchdown and he baited the University of Colorado bench in an attempt to rally the Texas fans.
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Major Applewhite was named the Holiday Bowl MVP as a result.
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Major Applewhite officially announced on December 4,2006, that he would not leave Rice for Iowa State.
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Major Applewhite did however leave Rice only a month later, not for Iowa State but for Alabama, as he accepted an offer by newly hired Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban to serve as the offensive coordinator.
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On January 16,2008, Major Applewhite accepted an offer to become running backs coach at the University of Texas and he served as assistant head coach to Mack Brown.
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Major Applewhite was announced as the co-offensive coordinator on January 6,2011.
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Harsin was named head coach at Arkansas State University on December 12,2012, and Major Applewhite assumed play calling duties at Texas and coached quarterbacks.
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Major Applewhite was co-offensive coordinator with wide receivers coach Darrell Wyatt.
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At the start of 2014, following the hiring of new Texas head coach Charlie Strong, Major Applewhite accepted a one-year severance package and resigned as offensive coordinator with Texas.
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On January 8,2015, Major Applewhite was hired by the University of Houston to be the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under new head coach Tom Herman for the Houston Cougars football program.
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On December 9,2016, Major Applewhite was promoted to head coach, becoming the 14th to hold the job for the program.
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On December 21,2020, Major Applewhite was hired as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the South Alabama Jaguars.
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Major Applewhite initially been hired for the same positions at Arkansas State, but elected to join South Alabama.
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Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds reprimanded Major Applewhite by freezing his salary and requiring him to undergo counseling.