23 Notable alumni of Hardin-Simmons University
Updated: June 12, 2026 EliteDegrees
Hardin-Simmons University is ranked #4,786 in the world and #1,255 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Hardin-Simmons University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Hardin-Simmons University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Bill Scott
1920-1985 (aged 65)
actor
screenwriter
writer
dub actor
television producer
Bill Scott was a college men's basketball coach and athletics administrator. He was the head coach of Hardin–Simmons from 1951 to 1962. He coached Hardin–Simmons to a 129–161 record, winning one Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship and two NCAA tournament appearances. He was inducted into the Hardin–Simmons athletics Hall of Fame in 1982.
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2. Will Wagner
American football player
Will Wagner is an American college football coach and former player. He is the defensive line coach for Henderson State University, a position he has held since 2024. He served as the head football coach at the Angelo State University from 2011 until he was fired during the 2018 season. Wagner was hired as the seventh head football coach at...
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3. Pete Hart
1933-. (aged 93)
American football player
Dee Whitfield "Pete" Hart is an American former professional football player who was a fullback with the New York Titans of the American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys.
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4. Alton Terry
1912-2003 (aged 91)
javelin thrower
Floy Alton Terry was an American javelin thrower. He placed sixth at the 1936 Olympics and third in at the 1937 AAU championships.
5. Mildred Paxton Moody
1897-1983 (aged 86)
politician
Mildred Paxton Moody was the wife of Texas Governor Dan Moody. Upon her recommendation the 42nd Texas Legislature established the Board of Mansion Supervisors in 1931, with Mrs. Moody as the first head of the Board. Until its abolishment in 1965, the Board oversaw all interior and exterior upkeep and enhancements to the Texas Governor's Mansion.
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6. Gertrude Beasley
1892-1955 (aged 63)
writer
autobiographer
Edna Gertrude Beasley was an American writer and memoirist. A feminist, her controversial 1925 autobiography, My First Thirty Years (published in Paris, France) received some favorable reviews but was also suppressed, and she soon after disappeared.
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7. Bill Atwood
1911-1993 (aged 82)
baseball player
William Franklin Atwood was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1936 to 1940.
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8. Ann Coody
1937-. (aged 89)
politician
Ann Coody is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004, and represented the 64th district until she was term limited in 2016. Before serving as Oklahoma State Representative, Coody was a longtime educator, counselor, and assistant principal for Lawton Public Schools. To...
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9. Terri Hendrix
1968-. (aged 58)
singer
songwriter
Terri Ann Hendrix is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and independent artist who has been writing and performing an eclectic mix of Americana genre, encompassing folk, pop, country, blues, and jazz, since 1990. Since 1988 Hendrix has been based in and near San Marcos, Texas, living as of 2017 in nearby Martindale, after growing up in San Antonio, Texas.
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10. Jeff Iorg
1958-. (aged 68)
Jeff P. Iorg is an American author, pastor, church planter, teacher, speaker, and former president of Gateway Seminary (formerly Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary), an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention with five campuses located in the Western United States.
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11. Mark E. Weatherington
1967-. (aged 59)
Mark Ernest Weatherington is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who served as the deputy commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command from August 2021 to August 2023. He most recently served as commander of both the Eighth Air Force and the Joint-Global Strike Operations Center. He previously served as the deputy commander of Air Education and...
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12. Omar Truman Burleson
1906-1991 (aged 85)
secretary
lawyer
special agent
politician
Omar Truman Burleson was an attorney, judge, FBI agent and veteran of World War II when he was first elected in 1946 as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas's 17th congressional district. He was re-elected to Congress from this rural district for more than 30 years, resigning on December 31, 1978 after having decided not to run again for office.
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13. Bulldog Turner
1919-1998 (aged 79)
American football coach
American football player
Clyde Douglas "Bulldog" Turner was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He was elected, as a player, to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966. He was also selected in 1969 to the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team.
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14. George H. Mahon
1900-1985 (aged 85)
district attorney
lawyer
politician
George Herman Mahon was an American politician and attorney. A Democrat, he served 22 consecutive terms as a member the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
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15. Naim Ateek
1937-. (aged 89)
peace activist
Anglican priest
scientist
Naim Stifan Ateek is a Palestinian priest in the Anglican Communion and founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. He has been an active leader in the shaping of the Palestinian liberation theology. He was the first to articulate a Palestinian theology of liberation in his book, Justice, and only Justice, a Palestinian Theology of Liberation, published...
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16. John Leland Atwood
1904-1999 (aged 95)
engineer
John Leland "Lee" Atwood was an American aerospace engineer who worked as Chief Engineer/Executive at North American Aviation for over 35 years, succeeding Dutch Kindelberger as president and CEO. He developed the P-51 Mustang during World War II, the F-100 jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and oversaw the Apollo program.
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17. Brad Underwood
1963-. (aged 63)
basketball coach
basketball player
Bradley Cole Underwood is the current head coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Previously, he served as head coach at Oklahoma State, Stephen F. Austin, Dodge City Community College, and Daytona Beach Community College and assistant coach at Western Illinois, Kansas State, and South Carolina.
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18. Liz Smith
1923-2017 (aged 94)
journalist
writer
Mary Elizabeth Smith was an American gossip columnist. She was known as "The Grand Dame of Dish". Beginning her career in radio in the 1950s, for a time she also anonymously wrote the "Cholly Knickerbocker" gossip column for the Hearst newspapers. In the 1960s and early 1970s, she was the entertainment editor for the magazines Cosmopolitan and Sports Illustrated. Between...
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19. Dan Blocker
1928-1972 (aged 44)
film actor
actor
television actor
Bobby Dan Davis Blocker was an American television actor and Korean War veteran, who played Hoss Cartwright in the NBC Western television series Bonanza.
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20. Stedman Graham
1951-. (aged 75)
businessperson
writer
Stedman Graham Jr. is an American businessman and author. He is the long-term partner of Oprah Winfrey.
21. Fess Parker
1924-2010 (aged 86)
television actor
stage actor
singer
film actor
Fess Elisha Parker Jr. was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of the title characters in the Walt Disney television miniseries Davy Crockett (1954–55; ABC) and the television series Daniel Boone (1964–70; NBC).
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22. Doyle Brunson
1933-2023 (aged 90)
writer
poker player
Doyle Frank Brunson was an American poker player who played professionally for over 60 years. He was a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.
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23. Don Collier
1928-2021 (aged 93)
television actor
American football player
film actor
actor
radio personality
Donald Mounger Collier was an American actor best known for Western films and NBC television shows such as The High Chaparral, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and Outlaws as Marshal Will Foreman.
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