John Bond Reid[1] (February 25, 1896 – December 21, 1963) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as head football coach at North Texas State Teachers College, now the University of North Texas, from 1925 to 1928, compiling a record of 16–18–3. Reid was also the head basketball coach at North Texas State Teachers from 1924 to 1929 and at Texas A&M University from 1929 to 1935, amassing a career college basketball record of 144–84. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at North Texas State Teachers College from 1925 to 1926, tallying a mark 7–11. He died of prostate cancer in 1963.[citation needed] He is interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Woodville.
 Reid pictured in The Yucca 1928, North Texas State Teachers yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 25, 1896 Woodville, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 21, 1963 (aged 67) Woodville, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1914–1915 | Baylor |
| 1917 | Baylor |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1928 | North Texas State Teachers |
| Basketball | |
| 1924–1929 | North Texas State Teachers |
| 1929–1935 | Texas A&M |
| Baseball | |
| 1925–1926 | North Texas State Teachers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 16–18–3 (football) 144–84 (basketball) 7–11 (baseball) |
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Texas State Teachers Eagles (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1925–1928) | |||||||||
| 1925 | North Texas State Teachers | 6–4 | 4–2 | T–4th | |||||
| 1926 | North Texas State Teachers | 5–3–1 | 4–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1927 | North Texas State Teachers | 1–6–2 | 0–3–2 | T–9th | |||||
| 1928 | North Texas State Teachers | 4–5 | 2–2 | 5th | |||||
| North Texas State Teachers: | 16–18–3 | 10–8–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 16–18–3 | ||||||||