player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team coach_sport cfbdwid bowl_record sport birth_date admin_years article_title name admin_team
texas may 8 , 1949 arlington , virginia 1927 1941 1928 & ndash ; 1934 1928 , 1930 & ndash ; 1928 1929 & ndash ; palestine , texas quarterback 66 -lrb- football -rrb- 34 & ndash ; 61 -lrb- basketball & -rrb- 17 & ndash ; 4 -lrb- baseball -rrb- ndash ; 43 & ndash ; 9 1925 & ndash ; 1926 texas texas mines mines -lrb- assistant -rrb- texas mines texas mines football basketball baseball 2071 0 -- 1 football , basketball , baseball 1901 1929 & ndash ; 1941 mack saxon
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mack saxon

mack saxon -lrb- c. 1901 -- may 8 , 1949 -rrb- was an american football player , coach of football , basketball , and baseball , and college athletic administrator in the united states .
he served as the head football coach at the texas state school of mines and metallurgy , now the university of texas el paso , from 1929 to 1941 , compiling a record of 66 -- 43 -- 9 .
he had three 7 -- 1 seasons at texas mines .
his 1936 team lost in the sun bowl , the only bowl game to which his teams were invited .
from 1928 to 1934 , saxon coached the texas mines basketball team , tallying a mark of 34 -- 61 .
he also coached the school 's baseball team in 1928 and 1930 , amassing record of 17 -- 4 .
saxon died at the age of 47 of a heart attack at his home in arlington , virginia on may 8 , 1949 .
