2012 FACT BOOK
ASSISTANT COACHES
DICK BUMPAS
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ DEFENSIVE LINE 9th Season at TCU Arkansas, 1973 Dick Bumpas joined TCU in February 2004 as the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach. TCU marks the fifth school that Bumpas and Horned Frog head coach Gary Patterson have worked together. Bumpas first teamed with Patterson at Kansas State in the early 1980s. He was the Wildcats’ defensive line coach in 1981 when Patterson was a senior linebacker. Patterson then became a Kansas State graduate assistant in 1982 and joined Bumpas on staff. The duo then worked together the next two seasons (1983-84) at Tennessee Tech. Bumpas and Patterson reunited at Utah State from 1992-94 and at Navy in 1995. At both places, Bumpas was the defensive coordinator while Patterson was the secondary coach. Bumpas was a finalist for the Frank Broyles Award, recognizing the nation’s top assistant, in 2008, 2009 and 2010. TCU led the nation in total defense each of those three years. He has been a finalist for the honor four times in all. In a coaching career that has spanned 30 years, Bumpas has won championships in four different conferences and coached at all three service academies. He has also coached in 19 bowl games. TCU continued its trend of churning out standout defensive ends under Bumpas in 2011 as Stansly Maponga earned first-time All-Mountain West honors. Maponga was second in the league in sacks and forced fumbles. Bumpas mentored Horned Frog defensive end Jerry Hughes into being a two-time consensus All-American and the 2009 recipient of the Ted Hendricks Award and Lott Trophy. Hughes, who had never played on defense until arriving at TCU, was also a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award. Hughes became a firstround draft pick of the Indianapolis Colts. In 2008. TCU led the nation in total defense (217.8 yards per game), run defense (47.1 yards per game) and fewest first downs allowed per game (12.1) while placing second in scoring defense (11.3 points per game) and sacks (43) and fourth in pass efficiency defense (97.9). All four of TCU’s starting defensive linemen were named All-MWC that year. Bumpas coached defensive ends Tommy Blake and Chase Ortiz to first-team All-Mountain West Conference honors in 2005 and 2006. In 2007, Ortiz became TCU’s first three-time first-team all-conference player in 30 years (Mike Renfro, 1975-77). Ortiz signed a free-agent contract with the Cleveland Browns.
In 2006, TCU ranked second nationally in run defense (60.8 yards per game) and total defense (234.9 ypg.) while placing third in scoring defense (12.3 points per game). TCU led the nation in 2005 in turnover margin (+21), interceptions (26) and takeaways (40). The Frogs topped the MWC with 41 sacks and allowed just three touchdowns in their final three games, keeping their opponent out of the end zone for 10 quarters from Oct. 29 at San Diego State to the Dec. 31 EV1.net Houston Bowl. Bumpas came to TCU after serving as Western Michigan’s defensive coordinator for one season. Bumpas worked at Houston from 1999-02, serving as assistant head coach and linebackers coach and later as co-defensive coordinator, installing the 4-2-5 defense in his initial season. UH finished 25th in the nation in total defense that first year while ranking 20th against the run and 22nd in scoring defense. In 2001, Bumpas coached Wayne Rogers, the Conference USA Co-Defensive Player of the Year. Prior to his stint at Houston, Bumpas worked four seasons at Navy as assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defensive line coach. His 1997 Navy unit ranked sixth in total defense and turnover margin. At season’s end, he was invited to coach in the Blue-Gray All-Star Game. Bumpas spent three seasons (1992-94) as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Utah State, helping the Aggies to a 1993 Big West Championship and a Las Vegas Bowl victory over Ball State. Other coaching stops include two seasons as defensive line coach at Notre Dame (1990-92), during which time he mentored 1990 Lombardi Award winner Chris Zorich. In 1989, Bumpas coached the defensive line at his alma mater, Arkansas, a team that went on to win a Southwest Conference title and advanced to the 1990 Cotton Bowl. Bumpas coached seven years in the Volunteer state, splitting time between Tennessee (1985-88) as linebackers coach/special teams coordinator and Tennessee Tech (1983-84) as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. While with the Vols, Bumpas coached three bowl championship teams (1986 Sugar, 1986 Liberty, 1988 Peach) and was part of the SEC championship in 1985. Bumpas began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant at Arkansas in 1977. From there, he went to Army and implemented a new defense under Homer Smith in 1978. Installing new defenses would become a trend for Bumpas, who did the same thing as defensive line coach at Air Force during a two-year tenure (1979-80). A native of Fort Smith, Ark., Bumpas received three varsity letters and was a captain for the Razorbacks. He was named SWC Defensive Player of the Year in 1970, earning consensus All-America honors at defensive tackle. He received a Bachelor’s degree in education from Arkansas in 1973. He went on to play tight end and linebacker professionally for the Memphis Southmen in the World Football League and the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League. Bumpas was a 2006 inductee into the University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor. He is married to the former Gloria Surratt.
BUMPAS FILE Age: ________________________ 62 (born Dec. 19, 1949) Hometown: _______________________ Fort Smith, Ark. Married: __________________________________ Gloria Alma Mater: _______________________ Arkansas (1973)
PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1969-70________________________________ Arkansas 1971 __________________________ All-American Bowl 1974 ________________________ British Columbia Lions 1974-76________________________Memphis Southmen
COACHING EXPERIENCE 1977 _________________ Arkansas (Graduate Assistant) 1978 ________________________ Army (Defensive Line) 1979-80___________________ Air Force (Defensive Line) 1981-82________________Kansas State (Defensive Line) 1983-84__________________________ Tennessee Tech (Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach) 1985-88_______ Tennessee (Linebackers/Special Teams) 1989 _____________________Arkansas (Defensive Line) 1990-91_________________Notre Dame (Defensive Line) 1992-94_______________________________ Utah State (Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach) 1995-98___________________________________ Navy (Defensive Coordinator/ Assistant Head Coach /Defensive Line) 1997 _____________________Blue-Gray All-Star Classic 1999-02_________________________________ Houston (Co-Defensive Coord./ Asst. Head Coach/Linebackers) 2003 ___________________________Western Michigan (Defensive Coord./Linebackers) 2004-present _______________________________ TCU (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line)
BOWL GAMES 1969 _______________________ Sugar Bowl (Arkansas) 1970 _______________________ Sugar Bowl (Arkansas) 1977 ______________________ Orange Bowl (Arkansas) 1982 _____________ Independence Bowl (Kansas State) 1986 ______________________ Sugar Bowl (Tennessee) 1986 _____________________ Liberty Bowl (Tennessee) 1988 ______________________Peach Bowl (Tennessee) 1990 _______________________Cotton Bowl (Arkansas) 1991 ____________________ Orange Bowl (Notre Dame) 1992 _____________________ Sugar Bowl (Notre Dame) 1993 ___________________ Las Vegas Bowl (Utah State) 1996 ___________________________Aloha Bowl (Navy) 2005 _________________________ Houston Bowl (TCU) 2006 ________________________ Poinsettia Bowl (TCU) 2007 ___________________________ Texas Bowl (TCU) 2008 ________________________ Poinsettia Bowl (TCU) 2009 ___________________________ Fiesta Bowl (TCU) 2010 ____________________________ Rose Bowl (TCU) 2011 ________________________ Poinsettia Bowl (TCU)
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