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Max Andrew Bumgardner (May 13, 1923 – April 12, 2005) was an American football player and coach. After playing college football as an end at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education in 1948, he was selected in the first round of the 1948 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, but was sent to the Detroit Lions.[1] He played for just one season in the National Football League (NFL), with the Lions.[2]

Max Bumgardner

No. 36
Position:	Defensive end, end
Personal information
Born:	(1923-05-13)May 13, 1923 Wichita Falls, Texas
Died:	April 12, 2005(2005-04-12) (aged 81) Greenville, Texas
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:	Wichita Falls (Wichita Falls, Texas)
College:	Texas
NFL Draft:	1948 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
Career history
As a player:
Detroit Lions (1948)
As a coach:
Denison HS (TX) (1949) (Assistant) San Angelo JC / Angelo State (1950–1968) (Head coach)
As an administrator:
San Angelo JC / Angelo State (1950–1968) (Athletic director)

Bumgardner began his coaching career in 1949 at Denison High School in Denison, Texas, where he worked as an assistant under head football coach Les Cranfill.[3] In 1950, he was hired as the head football coach and athletic director at San Angelo College—now known as Angelo State University—in San Angelo, Texas.[4] Bumgardner remained in that post until he resigned in 1968, after the school had become a four-year college and was renamed as Angelo State College.[5]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Angelo State Rams (NAIA independent) (1964–1967)
1964	Angelo State	5–4
1965	Angelo State	3–7
1966	Angelo State	0–10
1967	Angelo State	3–6
Angelo State Rams (Lone Star Conference) (1968)
1968	Angelo State	2–9	NA	NA
Angelo State:		13–36
Total:		13–36

See also

• List of Texas Longhorns football All-Americans
• List of Chicago Bears first-round draft picks

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
• Max Bumgardner at Find a Grave

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