R . C . Slocum Richard Copeland Slocum ( born November 7 , 1944 ) , better known as R . C . Slocum , is a former American football player and coach . He served as the head football coach at Texas A & M University from 1989 to 2002 . He has won more games as coach ( 123 ) than anyone else in Texas A & M Aggies football history . Slocum was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2012 . Personal . Raised in Orange , Texas , Slocum attended McNeese State University in Lake Charles , Louisiana . He has two sons , Shawn and John Harvey . Shawn served as an assistant on Slocum ' s staff which helped his father on to his winning record and is now the Special Teams Coordinator for the Green Bay Packers . John Harvey is employed as Global Account Manager for LeTourneau Technologies . Coaching career . Early career . Slocum began his career as a football coach at a Lake Charles high school in 1968 . Two years later , in 1970 , Slocum became a graduate assistant at Kansas State University under head coach Vince Gibson . In 1971 , he was named Head Freshman Coach . USC . Slocum spent the 1981 season as the defensive coordinator at the University of Southern California ( USC ) . The team was led by head coach John Robinson . Slocum ' s defense led the Pacific - 10 Conference in total defense that season . The team lost to Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl , finishing with a 9 – 3 record . Texas A & M . In 1972 , Slocum was hired as a receiver coach under Emory Bellard at Texas A & M University . After one year of coaching the receivers , he was moved to defense to coach the defensive ends , and in 1976 , he became linebacker coach . Coach Bellard left A & M in 1978 , moving on to Mississippi State and taking defensive coordinator Melvin Robertson with him . Former A & M offensive coordinator and new head coach Tom Wilson chose Slocum as his defensive coordinator in 1979 . After serving USC as defensive coordinator in 1981 , Slocum returned to A & M in 1982 and became defensive coordinator under head coach Jackie Sherrill . In 1985 , Slocum was elevated to assistant head coach . Slocum substituted for Sherrill and served as acting head coach for A & M ' s 18 – 0 victory over TCU during the 1988 season which was Sherrill ' s last . Head coach . In December 1988 , R . C . Slocum was named head coach at Texas A & M . During his 14 years as head coach , Slocum led the Aggies to a record of 123 – 47 – 2 , making him the winningest coach in Texas A & M history . During his career , Slocum never had a losing season and won four conference championships , including the Big 12 title in 1998 and two Big 12 South Championships , 97 , 98 . Additionally , he led the Aggies to become the first school in the Southwest Conference history to post three consecutive perfect conference seasons and actually went four consecutive seasons without a conference loss . Slocum reached 100 wins faster than any other active coach . He has the best winning percentage in SWC history , one spot ahead of the legendary coach Darrell Royal who is number 2 . Slocum helped make A & M ' s Kyle Field become one of the hardest places for opponents to play , losing only 12 games at home in 14 years . For over a year , A & M held the longest home - winning streak in the nation , losing in 1989 and not again until late in 1995 . In the 1990s , A & M lost only four times at Kyle Field . Slocum was named SWC Coach of the Year three times during his tenure as head coach . His " Wrecking Crew " defense led the SWC in four statistical categories from 1991 through 1993 and led the nation in total defense in 1991 . Over 50 Texas A & M players were drafted into the NFL during Slocum ' s career as head coach . Slocum inherited an Aggie football program that had just finished 7 - 5 and under severe NCAA sanctions , and cleaned it up quickly . He was quoted in 2002 as saying : After fourteen years as head coach of the Aggies , Slocum was asked to resign in 2002 following only the second non - winning season of his career . He immediately assumed a position as special adviser to Texas A & M president Robert Gates . In May 2012 , Slocum was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame .