Ron Harms
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ron Harms (born September 11, 1936) is an American former college football coach. He served as head football coach at Concordia Teachers College (now known as Concordia University Nebraska) from 1964 to 1969, Adams State College (now known as Adams State University) from 1970 to 1973 and at Texas A&M University–Kingsville (formerly Texas A&I University) from 1979 to 1999, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 218–112–5. Harms was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.
Harms served as offensive coordinator for Gil Steinke in 1974 and 1975 before becoming an assistant to Grant Teaff at Baylor University for three years. Harms returned to Texas A&I in 1979 to replace Fred Jonas as head coach. In his first season, he guided the Javelinas to an NAIA Division I National Championship. With Harms at the helm, the Javelinas captured ten Lone Star Conference championships in total.
Coaching career
Harms was hired in 1962 as an assistant football coach and head coach in track and field and cross country at Concordia Teachers College—know known as Concordia University Nebraska—in Seward, Nebraska. Two years later, he succeeded Ralph Starenko as head football coach.[1]
Harms was the 12th head football coach at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado and he held that position for four seasons, from 1970 until 1973. His coaching record at Adams State was 21–14–2.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia Bulldogs (Tri-State Conference) (1964–1968) | |||||||||
| 1964 | Concordia | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1965 | Concordia | 6–3 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1966 | Concordia | 2–5–2 | 2–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1967 | Concordia | 2–7 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1968 | Concordia | 6–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Concordia Bulldogs (Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference / Tri-State Conference) (1969) | |||||||||
| 1969 | Concordia | 4–5–1 | 1–2–1 / 4–1–1 | 3rd / 2nd | |||||
| Concordia: | 25–27–3 | 18–19–1 | |||||||
| Adams State Indians (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1970–1973) | |||||||||
| 1970 | Adams State | 4–3–2 | 4–2 | 3rd (Plains) | |||||
| 1971 | Adams State | 5–4 | 5–1 | T–1st (Plains) | |||||
| 1972 | Adams State | 6–3 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1973 | Adams State | 6–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| Adams State: | 21–13–2 | 18–6 | |||||||
| Texas A&I / Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas (Lone Star Conference) (1979–1999) | |||||||||
| 1979 | Texas A&I | 12–1 | 6–1 | 1st | W NAIA Division I Championship (Palm Bowl) | ||||
| 1980 | Texas A&I | 7–4 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1981 | Texas A&I | 9–2 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1982 | Texas A&I | 5–6 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1983 | Texas A&I | 2–9 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1984 | Texas A&I | 6–5 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1985 | Texas A&I | 8–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1986 | Texas A&I | 9–2 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1987 | Texas A&I | 9–2 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1988 | Texas A&I | 10–3 | 6–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | ||||
| 1989 | Texas A&I | 10–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 1990 | Texas A&I | 6–4 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1991 | Texas A&I | 7–3 | 4–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1992 | Texas A&I | 9–3 | 6–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1993 | Texas A&M–Kingsville | 7–6 | 5–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | ||||
| 1994 | Texas A&M–Kingsville | 12–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Championship | ||||
| 1995 | Texas A&M–Kingsville | 11–2 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | ||||
| 1996 | Texas A&M–Kingsville | 8–3 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 1997 | Texas A&M–Kingsville | 9–2 | 9–0 / 7–0 | 1st / 1st (South) | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 1998 | Texas A&M–Kingsville | 11–3 | 8–1 / 8–1 | 2nd / 1st (South) | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | ||||
| 1999 | Texas A&M–Kingsville | 5–6 | 5–4 / 5–4 | T–6th / T–3rd (South) | |||||
| Texas A&I / Texas A&M–Kingsville: | 172–72 | 110–29 | |||||||
| Total: | 218–112–5 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
See also
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- [[[:Template:College Football HoF/url]] College Football Hall of Fame profile]
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