Homer Norton

Head coach, Texas A&M, 1936 to 1947

College career77-39-7

Titles1national

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

4-15 against his rivals. Just 2-8 against Dana Bible.

Rivalry record

4-15

21.1% · 2 rivals

One-score games

19-21-7

40.4% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Texas2-1017%

LSU2-529%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Dana Bible2-8

10 meetings, 1937–1946

’37 W’38 L’39 W’40 L’41 L’42 L’43 L’44 L’45 L’46 L

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

16-21 43.2%

National Program

35-13 72.9%

Regional Program

7-2 77.8%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1936-1947) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least13Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 2 went in the first round.

At least 13 — his 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 13 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1946	R6.38	Estimated
1945	R3.20	Estimated
1943	R7.52	Estimated
1942	R5.36	Estimated
1941	R1.02	Estimated
1941	R1.05	Estimated
1941	R3.16	Estimated
1941	R6.38	Estimated

Year	Pick	Note
1940	R6.42	Estimated
1939	R5.30	Estimated
1939	R5.34	Estimated
1938	R3.14	Estimated
1938	R7.55	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.