Allen Boren
American football player and coach (1934–2018)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934 (1934) Carthage, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | November 14, 2018(2018-11-14) (aged 83–84) |
| Playing career | |
| 1953–1955 | Sam Houston State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1959–1962 | Bellville HS (TX) |
| 1963–1968 | Edna HS (TX) |
| 1969–1971 | Humble HS (TX) |
| 1972–1973 | Sam Houston State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–14 (college) 99–43–1 (high school) |
Allen Moore Boren (1934 – November 14, 2018)[1] was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Sam Houston State University from 1972 to 1973, compiling a record of 7–14.
Boren played football, baseball, track, and basketball at Carthage High School and later football and baseball at Sam Houston State University for coach Paul Pierce. After graduation, he started his coaching career as an assistant at Wharton High School in 1956, before moving on to Sweeny High School. In 1959, Boren landed his first head coaching job at Bellville High School, a Class 2A school between Houston and Austin, Texas. Two district titles, one Bi-Dist. and one state runner up 37-9-1. Later he also coached at Edna High School. Two Dist titles and one state runner up. 44-21 and Humble High School. One district title 18-13. In 1972, Boren left Humble to succeed Tom Page as head coach at his alma mater. After two losing seasons, 5–6 in 1972 and 2–8 in 1973, Boren resigned to become director of athletics in the Klein School Dist. in north Harris County. During his 17 years in Klein, the district grew from one 4A high school to three 5A high schools (Klein, Klein Forest and Klein Collins) and the number of coaches grew from 23 to 126. Boren retired in 1991. He is a member of the following Halls of Honor: The Texas High School Coaches, Texas High School Athletic Directors, Sam Houston State Bearkat and Bellville High School Brahma.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Sam Houston State Bearkats (Lone Star Conference) (1972–1973) | |||||||||
| 1972 | Sam Houston State | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1973 | Sam Houston State | 2–8 | 2–7 | T–8th | |||||
| Sam Houston State: | 7–14 | 6–11 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–14 | ||||||||
Further reading
- Cashion, Ty (1998). Pigskin Pulpit: A Social History of Texas High School Football Coaches. Austin: Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 0-87611-168-1.
References
- ^ "Allen Boren". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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Sam Houston Bearkats starting quarterbacks
- John Adams (1949)
- Gordon Brown (1950)
- Don Gottlob (1951–1952)
- Stan Keathley (1953)
- Allen Boren (1954–1955)
- Ronnie Choate (1956–1959)
- Jerry Herrington (1960)
- Calvin Pope (1961)
- Ken Wiginton (1962)
- Dave Smith (1963)
- Norman Peterson (1964)
- Dennis Gann (1965–1966)
- Augie Capello (1967)
- David Kubiak (1968–1970)
- John O'Leary (1971)
- Ross Rogers (1972–1973)
- Guido Merkens (1974–1976)
- Arthur Louis (1977–1979)
- Binky Ford (1980–1982)
- Dave Evans (1981)
- Jon Meyers (1983)
- Lanny Dycus (1984–1985)
- Reggie Lewis (1986–1987)
- Bart Bradley (1988)
- Ashley Van Meter (1989–1992)
- Dwight Gross (1993)
- Stacey Arrambide (1994)
- Chad Schramek (1995–1997)
- Albert Bradley (1996–2000)
- Aaron Walters (1998)
- Matt Buss (1998)
- Chris Chaloupka (1999)
- Brian Null (2000)
- Josh McCown (2001)
- Travis Tobaben (2002–2003)
- Vance Smith (2002)
- Wade Pate (2003, 2005–2006)
- Dustin Long (2004)
- Noah Allen (2005)
- Phillip Daugherty (2005–2006)
- Brett Hicks (2006–2007)
- Rhett Bomar (2007–2008)
- Blake Joseph (2009)
- Bryan Randolph (2010)
- Brian Bell (2010–2013)
- Greg Sprowls (2011)
- Jared Johnson (2013–2015)
- Jeremiah Briscoe (2015–2017)
- Mike Dare (2018)
- Ty Brock (2018–2019)
- Eric Schmid (2019–2021)
- Keegan Shoemaker (2021–2023)
- Jordan Yates (2022)
- Grant Gunnell (2023)
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