27 Facts About Mike Brumbelow

Lester Michael Brumbelow was an American college football and college basketball player and coach.

Mike Brumbelow played football and basketball for Texas Christian University from 1927 to 1929 and was the captain and most valuable player of the TCU Horned Frogs undefeated 1929 football team that won the school's first Southwest Conference championship.

Mike Brumbelow later served as an assistant football coach and head basketball coach at TCU from 1936 to 1941.

Mike Brumbelow served in the US Navy during World War II in the athletics program at the Navy Pre-Flight School, and attained the rank of lieutenant commander.

Mike Brumbelow was the son of William Brumbelow and Alice Helton Brumbelow, a ranching and farming family in Jack County, Texas.

Mike Brumbelow played at the guard position from 1927 to 1929 and was selected as the captain and most valuable player on TCU's undefeated 1929 football team that won the school's first Southwest Conference championship.

Mike Brumbelow was selected as an All-American in 1929 and an All-Southwest Conference player in both 1928 and 1929.

Mike Brumbelow played basketball at TCU and received two varsity letters in that sport.

Mike Brumbelow was inducted into the TCU Lettermen's Association Hall of Fame in 1970.

Mike Brumbelow began a coaching career as a high school football coach in El Paso, Texas, from 1930 to 1931, and subsequently at Lufkin, Texas.

In June 1936, Mike Brumbelow was hired as the line coach at TCU.

Mike Brumbelow continued to serve as TCU's line coach through the 1941 season.

Mike Brumbelow served as the head coach of the basketball team at TCU from 1937 to 1941.

Mike Brumbelow entered the US Navy during World War II with the rank of lieutenant.

Mike Brumbelow was promoted to head coach in January 1943, and in April 1943 was placed in charge of the entire nine sport program for the 2,400 cadets at the Pre-Flight School.

Mike Brumbelow was discharged from the Navy in November 1945 with the rank of lieutenant commander.

Mike Brumbelow served as the line coach at Mississippi from 1946 to 1948.

In June 1950, Mike Brumbelow was hired as the head football coach and athletic director University of Texas at El Paso.

Mike Brumbelow had been operating sporting goods stores at Midland and Odessa, Texas at the time of his hiring at UTEP.

Mike Brumbelow served as head football coach at UTEP from 1950 to 1956.

Mike Brumbelow led UTEP to appearances in the 1954 Sun Bowl, 1955 Sun Bowl, and 1957 Sun Bowl, two of which UTEP won.

Mike Brumbelow retired as UTEP's football coach in July 1957 and as athletic director in 1959.

Mike Brumbelow was inducted into El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame in 1964, and the UTEP Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.

Mike Brumbelow was one of the leaders in the effort to build the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso and helped get a bond issue passed to finance its construction.

Mike Brumbelow later served as the president of Sun Travel.

At the age of 71, Mike Brumbelow died at Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso after a long illness.

Mike Brumbelow was survived by his wife Marjorie Brumbelow and a daughter, Nancy Sisk.