Buster Brannon | |
Birth Date: | 21 October 1908 |
Birth Place: | Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1931–1932 |
Player Team2: | TCU |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1930–1933 |
Player Team4: | TCU |
Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) Guard (basketball) |
Coach Sport1: | Basketball |
Coach Years2: | 1938–1942 |
Coach Team2: | Rice |
Coach Years3: | 1945–1946 |
Coach Team3: | Rice |
Coach Years4: | 1948–1967 |
Coach Team4: | TCU |
Coach Sport5: | Football |
Coach Years6: | 1946–1947 |
Coach Team6: | Florida (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 1949–1954 |
Coach Team7: | TCU (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 289–296 |
Tournament Record: | 4–6 (NCAA / NCAA University Division) |
Championships: | 6 SWC regular season (1940, 1942, 1951–1953, 1959) |
Byron Scott "Buster" Brannon (October 21, 1908 – April 14, 1979) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Rice University from 1938 to 1942 and again from 1945 to 1946 and at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1948 to 1967, compiling a career college basketball record of 289–296. His teams played in five NCAA tournaments and won six Southwest Conference championships. Brannon died of a heart attack on April 14, 1979.[1]
Brannon was born on October 21, 1908, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.[2]