Ray Alborn
![]() Alborn draws a play in 1982 as Rice head coach. | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1938-12-23) December 23, 1938 (age 85) |
Playing career | |
1959–1961 | Rice |
Position(s) | Defensive tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1969–1971 | Sharpstown HS (TX) |
1972–1977 | Rice (assistant) |
1978–1983 | Rice |
1984–1985 | Houston Gamblers (DL) |
1986–1989 | Lamar |
1998–2001 | Lamar Consolidated HS (TX) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 26–83 (college) 28–41–1 |
Gus Raymond Alborn (born December 23, 1938) is a former American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Rice University from 1978 to 1983 and at Lamar University from 1986 to 1989, compiling a career college football record of 26–83.
While coaching at his alma mater, Rice, Alborn compiled a 13–53 record overall. He was fired after the 1983 season and soon after became defensive line coach for the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League (USFL). In 1986, Alborn was hired as head coach at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. He was released from his contract in 1990 when Lamar chose to discontinue the school's football program.[1] Alborn later served as head coach at Lamar Consolidated High School before retiring in 2002.
On March 2, 2010, Alborn was elected mayor of Ruidoso, New Mexico.[2]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1978–1983) | |||||||||
1978 | Rice | 2–9 | 2–6 | 8th | |||||
1979 | Rice | 1–10 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
1980 | Rice | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
1981 | Rice | 4–7 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
1982 | Rice | 0–11 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
1983 | Rice | 1–10 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
Rice: | 13–53 | 8–40 | |||||||
Lamar Cardinals (Southland Conference) (1986) | |||||||||
1986 | Lamar | 2–9 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
Lamar Cardinals (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1987–1989) | |||||||||
1987 | Lamar | 3–8 | |||||||
1988 | Lamar | 3–8 | |||||||
1989 | Lamar | 5–5 | |||||||
Lamar: | 13–30 | 0–5 | |||||||
Total: | 26–83 |
High school
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Sharpstown Apollos () (1969–1971) | |||||||||
1969 | Sharpstown | 4–6 | |||||||
1970 | Sharpstown | 8–1–1 | |||||||
1971 | Sharpstown | 4–5–1 | |||||||
Sharpstown: | 16–12–1 | ||||||||
Lamar Consolidated Mustangs () (1998–2001) | |||||||||
1998 | Lamar Consolidated | 3–7 | |||||||
1999 | Lamar Consolidated | 6–5 | |||||||
2000 | Lamar Consolidated | 2–8 | |||||||
2001 | Lamar Consolidated | 1–9 | |||||||
Lamar Consolidated: | 12–29 | ||||||||
Total: | 28–41–1 |
References
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- Philip Arbuckle (1912–1917)
- John E. Anderson (1918)
- Philip Arbuckle (1919–1923)
- John Heisman (1924–1927)
- Claude Rothgeb (1928)
- Jack Meagher (1929–1933)
- Jimmy Kitts (1934–1939)
- Jess Neely (1940–1966)
- Bo Hagan (1967–1970)
- Bill Peterson (1971)
- Al Conover (1972–1975)
- Homer Rice (1976–1977)
- Ray Alborn (1978–1983)
- Watson Brown (1984–1985)
- Jerry Berndt (1986–1988)
- Fred Goldsmith (1989–1993)
- Ken Hatfield (1994–2005)
- Todd Graham (2006)
- David Bailiff (2007–2017)
- Mike Bloomgren (2018– )
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