Grant Teaff Grant Garland Teaff ( ; born November 12 , 1933 ) is a former American football player and coach . He served as the head coach at McMurry University ( 1960 – 1965 ) , Angelo State University ( 1969 – 1971 ) , and Baylor University ( 1972 – 1992 ) , compiling a career college football record of 170 – 151 – 8 . In his 21 seasons as head coach of the Baylor Bears football team , Teaff ' s teams won two Southwest Conference titles and appeared in eight bowl game s . His 128 wins are the most of any coach in the history of the program . Teaff was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2001 . Early career . Teaff played high school football at Snyder High School in Snyder , Texas and collegiately at San Angelo Junior College ( now Angelo State University ) , and McMurry University in Abilene , Texas . When McMurry head coach Wilford Moore went on to coach Lubbock High School in 1956 , Teaff became his assistant . He then moved on to be an assistant at McMurry from 1957 to 1959 . Teaff began his head coaching career at McMurry in 1960 , serving there until 1965 . Among his players were future Pittsburgh Steelers split end Dick Compton and future San Diego Chargers offensive lineman Ernie Park . After a stint as an assistant coach to J . T . King at Texas Tech , Teaff became the head coach at Angelo State University from 1969 to 1971 . Baylor . In 1972 , Teaff was hired to resurrect the moribund football team at Baylor University . Baylor originally hired Rudy Feldman from the University of New Mexico , but Feldman quit after one day , leaving the job to Teaff . The Baylor football team had been 7 – 43 – 1 in the five seasons preceding Teaff ' s arrival . Teaff quickly built Baylor into a competitive team and in 1974 , Baylor won eight games and captured the Southwest Conference title for the first time since 1924 . In the process they defeated the Texas Longhorns , 34 – 24 , after rallying from a 24 – 7 halftime deficit . It was Baylor ' s first victory over Texas in 17 years . The 1974 season and the win over Texas are commonly referred to as the " Miracle on the Brazos , " named after the Brazos River near the Baylor campus . Teaff remained Baylor ' s coach until 1992 , compiling a winning record and winning the Southwest Conference title again in 1980 . His teams won the 1979 Peach Bowl , the 1985 Liberty Bowl , the 1986 Bluebonnet Bowl , and the 1992 John Hancock Bowl , his final game as coach . His teams also earned invitations to the 1975 and 1981 Cotton Bowl Classic s , the 1983 Bluebonnet Bowl , and the 1991 Copper Bowl . His Baylor teams were notable for success against the University of Texas , finishing with a 10 – 11 record against the Longhorns . By comparison , in the 15 seasons preceding Teaff ' s arrival and the 15 years following Teaff ' s departure , Baylor had a 1 – 29 record against Texas . Teaff gained notoriety by eating a live worm in the locker room prior to a 38 – 14 upset win over Texas in 1978 , telling his players he would " keep the worms warm . " Later life and family . After retiring from coaching , Teaff in 1993 became executive director of the American Football Coaches Association , an organization headquartered in Waco , Texas that represents coaches across the United States and is often consulted by the NCAA and the media regarding rule changes and developments that take place in college football . Teaff ' s wife , the former Jane Donnell Philips , is a member of the Baylor University Board of Regents .