Howard Lynch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHoward Lynch
American football coach
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1908
Place of Birth: Hamilton, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 10-Dec-1989
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Howard Lynch
- Howard W.
- "Bull" Lynch (March 2, 1902 – December 10, 1989) was an American football coach. Lynch was born in Hamilton, Texas, but soon moved to Amarillo.
- He graduated from Amarillo High School and went on to Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and the University of Kentucky, where he earned a master's degree in 1933.
- His first head coaching job was at a high school in Franklin, Kentucky, where his teams were 24–12–1. In 1937, Lynch succeeded Blair Cherry as Amarillo head football coach.
- Cherry went on to become offensive coordinator at the University of Texas, and left an Amarillo Sandies football program he had turned into a dynasty by winning three consecutive 4A state championships (1934–1936).
- Lynch was not as successful, though achieving a state title in 1940, a state finals appearance in 1948 (losing 21–0 to Waco High School), a state semifinal appearance, a playoff berth seven times in the 1940s and an average of 10 wins a season as head coach.
- His overall record at Amarillo was 126–29–1. In 1951, after a 4–6 season, his contract as head coach wasn't renewed.
- However, Lynch remained at Amarillo High.
- He began to focus on school administration, land in March 1951, he became an assistant principal at Amarillo High, remaining in that position until Tascosa opened in the fall of 1958.
- He was the first principal at Tascosa and remained in that job until he retired in 1967.
- After spending 37 years in the Amarillo school system, Lynch was an assistant vice president for Tascosa National Bank for 10 years.
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