Jim Hess, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jim Hess

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1936

Place of Birth: Farmersville, Texas, Texas, United States

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

James Hess (born December 1, 1936) is a former American football coach.
He served as the head football coach at Angelo State University from 1974 to 1981, at Stephen F.
Austin State University from 1982 to 1988, and at New Mexico State University from 1990 to 1996, compiling a career college football caching record of 134–108–5.
From 1974 to 1981 he coached at Angelo State, where in 1978 the team went undefeated and won the NAIA Division I Football National Championship.
From 1982 to 1988, he coached at SFA, where he compiled a 47–30–2 record, 10–3 in his final season.
From 1990 to 1996, he coached at New Mexico State, where he compiled a 22–55 (.286) record.
He was fired in 1996 after his second 1–10 season at the school. Hess was a scout for the Dallas Cowboys until 2006.
He is credited with "finding" Tony Romo in 2006, then an unknown, undrafted free-agent from Division I-AA Eastern Illinois.
Hess is currently the color commentator for Angelo State University.