Tex Oliver

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Tex Oliver

| image = Tex Oliver 1942.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Oliver, circa 1942

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|11|21}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|4|10|1899|11|21}}

| death_place = Costa Mesa, California, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_years1 = 1926–1932

| coach_team1 = Santa Ana HS (CA)

| coach_years2 = 1933–1937

| coach_team2 = Arizona

| coach_years3 = 1938–1941

| coach_team3 = Oregon

| coach_years4 = 1942

| coach_team4 = Saint Mary's Pre-Flight

| coach_years5 = 1945–1946

| coach_team5 = Oregon

| coach_years6 = 1950–1951

| coach_team6 = Fullerton

| overall_record = 61–42–8 (college)
8–10–2 (junior college)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 2 Border (1935–1936)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Gerald Allen "Tex" Oliver (November 21, 1899 – April 10, 1988) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Arizona from 1933 to 1937 and at the University of OregonMcCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. {{ISBN|0-9648244-7-7}}. from 1938 to 1941 and again from 1945 to 1946.

Coaching career

From 1933 to 1937, Oliver coached the Arizona Wildcats to a 32–11–4 record. During that stretch, he never had a losing season. From 1938 to 1946, he coached the Oregon Webfoots to a 23–28–3 record.

Later life and death

After retiring from coaching, Oliver worked as a school administrator in Compton and Lancaster, California. He retired as superintendent of schools in Lancaster in 1966. Oliver died of cancer on April 10, 1988, at his home in Costa Mesa, California.{{cite news |author= |title=Ex-Oregon football coach dies |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A20VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=teEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4172,3581704 |newspaper=The Register-Guard |location=Eugene, Oregon |date=April 16, 1988 |page=5B |accessdate=April 10, 2011 |via=Google News }}{{cite news |last=Foster |first=Chris |title=Services Set Today for G.A. (Tex) Oliver |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-13-sp-992-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 13, 1988 |access-date=October 24, 2016 }}

Head coaching record

=College=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Arizona Wildcats

| conf = Border Conference

| startyear = 1933

| endyear = 1937

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1933

| name = Arizona

| overall = 5–3

| conference = 3–2

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1934

| name = Arizona

| overall = 7–2–1

| conference = 2–1–1

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1935

| name = Arizona

| overall = 7–2

| conference = 4–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1936

| name = Arizona

| overall = 5–2–3

| conference = 3–0–1

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1937

| name = Arizona

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 3–1

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Arizona

| overall = 32–11–4

| confrecord = 15–4–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Oregon Webfoots/Ducks

| conf = Pacific Coast Conference

| startyear = 1938

| endyear = 1941

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1938

| name = Oregon

| overall = 4–5

| conference = 4–4

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1939

| name = Oregon

| overall = 3–4–1

| conference = 3–3–1

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1940

| name = Oregon

| overall = 4–4–1

| conference = 3–4–1

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1941

| name = Oregon

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 4–4

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1942

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1942

| name = Saint Mary's Pre-Flight

| overall = 6–3–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Saint Mary's Pre-Flight

| overall = 6–3–1

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Oregon Ducks

| conf = Pacific Coast Conference

| startyear = 1945

| endyear = 1946

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1945

| name = Oregon

| overall = 3–6

| conference = 3–6

| confstanding = 7th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1946

| name = Oregon

| overall = 4–4–1

| conference = 3–4–1

| confstanding = 6th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Oregon

| overall = 23–28–3

| confrecord = 20–25–3

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 61–42–8

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}

=Junior college=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Fullerton Hornets

| conf = Eastern Conference

| startyear = 1950

| endyear = 1951

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1950

| name = Fullerton

| overall = 4–4–2

| conference = 1–3–2

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1951

| name = Fullerton

| overall = 4–6

| conference = 2–4

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Fullerton

| overall = 8–10–2

| confrecord = 3–7–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 8–10–2

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Fullerton College Football History & Records |url=https://www.fchornets.com/sports/fball/2023-24/files/2024_FOOTBALL_History_Records.pdf |publisher=Fullerton College |page=7 |access-date=April 1, 2024 }}