Bo Hagan

Biographical details
Born| (1925-10-08)October 8, 1925
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Died| January 22, 2002(2002-01-22) (aged 76)
Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1946–1949| South Carolina
Baseball
1947| South Carolina
1949–1950| South Carolina
1952| Jesup Bees
Position(s)| Quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1951–1953| Georgia Tech (freshmen)
1954–1955| SMU (backfield)
1956–1966| Rice (backfield)
1967–1970| Rice
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1967–1970| Rice
1975–1976| South Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall| 12–27–1

Harold Benjamin "Bo" Hagan (October 8, 1925 – January 22, 2002) was an American football and baseball player, football coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at Rice University from 1967 from 1970, compiling a record of 12–27–1. Before serving as head coach, Hagan was the backfield coach at Rice for 11 seasons. Hagan was the athletic director at the University of South Carolina from 1975 to 1976.

## Coaching career[edit]

Hagan was a high school football coach in Atlanta before serving as freshmen football coach at the Georgia Tech under Bobby Dodd from 1951 to 1953. He moved to Southern Methodist University in 1954, where he worked for two seasons as backfield coach with Woody Woodard. In 1956, Jess Neely hired Hagan as his backfield coach at Rice University. He assisted Neely for 11 seasons before succeeding him as head coach after the 1966 campaign.[1]

## Head coaching record[edit]

Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1967–1970)
1967 | Rice | 4–6 | 2–5 | 7th |
1968 | Rice | 0–9–1 | 0–7 | 8th |
1969 | Rice | 3–7 | 2–5 | T–6th |
1970 | Rice | 5–5 | 3–4 | T–4th |
Rice: | 12–27–1 | 7–21 |
Total: | 12–27–1 |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Hagan Is Picked as Coach of Rice; Assistant to Succeed Neely in Houston Football Post" (PDF). The New York Times. United Press International. December 1, 1966. Retrieved October 20, 2011.

## External links[edit]

*   * Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)

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South Carolina Gamecocks starting quarterbacks

* Bill Rogers (1926)
* Bo Hagan (1949)
* John Boyle (1949)
* Ed Pasky (1950)
* Dick Balka (1951)
* Johnny Gramling (1952–1953)
* Mackie Prickett (1954–1956)
* Alex Hawkins (1957)
* Bobby Bunch (1958)
* Steve Satterfield (1959)
* Dave Sowell (1960)
* Jim Costen (1961)
* Dan Reeves (1962–1964)
* Mike Fair (1965–1967)
* Tommy Suggs (1968–1970)
* Glenn Morris (1971)
* Bill Troup (1972)
* Dobby Grossman (1972)
* Jeff Grantz (1973–1975)
* Ronnie Bass (1976–1977)
* Garry Harper (1978–1980)
* Gordon Beckham (1981–1982)
* Allen Mitchell (1983)
* Mike Hold (1984–1985)
* Todd Ellis (1986–1989)
* Bobby Fuller (1990–1991)
* Steve Taneyhill (1992–1995)
* Anthony Wright (1995–1998)
* Vic Penn (1997)
* Phil Petty (1998–2001)
* Mikal Goodman (1999)
* Corey Jenkins (1998–2002)
* Dondrial Pinkins (2002–2004)
* Syvelle Newton (2004, 2006)
* Blake Mitchell (2005–2007)
* Antonio Heffner (2005)
* Chris Smelley (2007–2008)
* Stephen Garcia (2008–2011)
* Connor Shaw (2011–2013)
* Dylan Thompson (2012–2014)
* Connor Mitch (2014–2015)
* Perry Orth (2015–2016)
* Lorenzo Nunez (2015)
* Brandon McIlwain (2016)
* Jake Bentley (2016–2019)
* Michael Scarnecchia (2018)
* Ryan Hilinski (2019)
* Collin Hill (2020)
* Luke Doty (2020–2021)
* Zeb Noland (2021)
* Jason Brown (2021)
* Dakereon Joyner (2021)
* Spencer Rattler (2022–2023)

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Rice Owls athletic directors

* Philip Arbuckle (1912–1924)
* John Heisman (1924–1927)
* Gaylord Johnson (1927–1940)
* Jess Neely (1940–1967)
* Bo Hagan (1967–1970)
* Bill Peterson (1970–1971)
* Red Bale (1971–1975)
* Homer Rice (1976–1978)
* Augie Erfurth (1978–1984)
* Watson Brown (1984–1985)
* Jerry Berndt (1986–1988)
* Bobby May (1989–2006)
* Chris Del Conte (2006–2009)
* David Sayler # (2009–2010)
* Rick Greenspan (2010–2013)
* Joe Karlgaard (2013–2023)
* Tanner Gardner # (2023)
* Tommy McClelland (2023– )

# denotes interim athletic director

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Rice Owls head football coaches

* 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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South Carolina Gamecocks athletic directors

* W. A. Whaley (1896)
* Frederick M. Murphy (1897)
* Bill Wertenbaker (1898)
* Irving O. Hunt (1899–1900)
* Byron W. Dickson (1901)
* Bob Williams (1902–1903)
* Christie Benet (1904–1905)
* Douglas McKay (1907)
* Christie Benet (1908–1909)
* John Neff (1910–1911)
* Norman B. Edgerton (1912–1915)
* Dixon Foster (1917)
* Frank Dobson (1918)
* Dixon Foster (1919)
* Sol Metzger (1920–1924)
* Branch Bocock (1925–1926)
* Harry Lightsey (1927)
* Billy Laval (1928–1934)
* Don McCallister (1935–1937)
* Rex Enright (1938–1955)
* Warren Giese (1956–1960)
* Marvin Bass (1961–1965)
* Paul Dietzel (1966–1974)
* Bo Hagan (1975–1976)
* Jim Carlen (1976–1981)
* Bob Marcum (1982–1988)
* Dick Bestwick (1988)
* King Dixon (1988–1992)
* Mike McGee (1993–2005)
* Eric Hyman (2005–2012)
* Ray Tanner (2012– )

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1952 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football—national champions

* 11 Leon Hardeman
* 29 Pepper Rodgers
* 51 George Morris
* 55 Larry Morris
* 56 Hal Miller
* Pete Brown

* Head coach: Bobby Dodd

* Assistant coaches: Frank Broyles
* Tonto Coleman
* Ray Graves
* Bo Hagan

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