Jim Myers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jim Myers

American football player and coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1921

Place of Birth: Madison, West Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 17-Jul-2014

Profession: head coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

James A.
Myers (November 12, 1921 – July 17, 2014) was an American football coach.
He coached for 40 years at the collegiate and professional level.
He is probably most remembered for his time as line coach and (since 1971) associate head coach with the Dallas Cowboys under Tom Landry.
He was also an offseason member of the Card-Pitt team in 1944, playing as a guard.
Card-Pitt was the contraction of the Cardinals and Steelers teams during World War II and was generally considered one of the worst teams in history, finishing 0–10 and outscored by 220 points. After serving as line coach under Henry Russell Sanders at the Vanderbilt University and later University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Myers became head coach at Iowa State University in 1957, where he compiled a 4–5–1 record.
He was the head football coach at Texas A&M University from 1958 to 1961.
His record there stands at 12–24–4.
Myers frequently used a single-wing formation he had learned at Tennessee under head coach Robert Neyland. Myers was hired by Tom Landry to coach the Dallas Cowboys offensive line in 1962.
He later became offensive coordinator and associate head coach. Myers died at the age of 92 on July 17, 2014.