Madison Bell

Head coach, SMU, 1936 to 1949

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

Pick a job to see its years on their own.

SMU1936–41 · 35-23-3SMU1945–49 · 32-16-5All jobs67-39-8

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.

5-6 against his rivals at SMU. Just 1-5 against Homer Norton.

Rivalry record

5-6-1

41.7% · 2 rivals

One-score games

13-12-3

46.4% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

TCU2-3-133%

Rice3-350%

The toughest matchup

vs. Homer Norton1-5

6 meetings, 1936–1941

’36 L’37 L’38 W’39 L’40 L’41 L

17% win rate across a real, 6-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

3-10 23.1%

National Program

22-10 68.8%

Regional Program

1-0 100.0%

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.

5-3 against his rivals at SMU. Just 1-2 against Homer Norton.

Rivalry record

5-3-2

50.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

12-7-5

50.0% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

TCU2-1-240%

Rice3-260%

The toughest matchup

vs. Homer Norton1-2

3 meetings, 1945–1947

’45 L’46 L’47 W

33% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Dynasty

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

5-6 45.5%

National Program

20-7 74.1%

Regional Program

4-1 80.0%

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.

10-9 against his rivals. Just 2-7 against Homer Norton.

Rivalry record

10-9-3

45.5% · 2 rivals

One-score games

25-19-8

48.1% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-2

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

TCU4-4-336%

Rice6-555%

The toughest matchup

vs. Homer Norton2-7

9 meetings, 1936–1947

’36 L’37 L’38 W’39 L’40 L’41 L’45 L’46 L’47 W

22% win rate across a real, 9-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Dynasty

0-1 0.0%

Blue Blood

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

8-16 33.3%

National Program

42-17 71.2%

Regional Program

5-1 83.3%

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 (1936-1949) 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, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 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
1950	R5.52	Estimated
1950	R5.61	Estimated
1949	R1.02	Estimated
1949	R1.03	Estimated
1949	R2.20	Estimated
1949	R6.49	Estimated
1948	R3.15	Estimated
1947	R6.35	Estimated

Year	Pick	Note
1942	R7.52	Estimated
1941	R4.25	Estimated
1939	R4.26	Estimated
1937	R2.13	Estimated
1937	R7.56	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.

Madison Bell

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

Building the roster

Roster ownership

The NFL pipeline

Career

Coaching career

All-time wins