Quick Facts

Full Name	Major Applewhite
Occupation	Football Coach
Date Of Birth	Jul 26, 1978(1978-07-26)
Age	46
Birthplace	Baton Rouge
Country	United States
Birth City	Louisiana
Horoscope	Cancer

Major Applewhite Biography

Major Applewhite is one of the most popular and richest Football Coach who was born on July 26, 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. He was a former record-setting quarterback at Texas University. He joined the team in 2011 as the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coaches. In 2015, he joined the University of Texas as an assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach. He was then promoted to the position of offensive coordinator at the University of Houston in 2016.

He was the son of He played at UT behind Chris Simms, son of the New York Giants legend Phil Simms. , a New York Giants legend .

After redshirting the 1997 season, an injury to starting quarterback Richard Walton catapulted Applewhite into the starting job two games into his redshirt freshman season in 1998. Applewhite went 8–2 as a starter, including upsets of

7 Nebraska 20–16, which broke the Cornhuskers’ 47-home game winning streak,

and #6 Texas A&M. In a blowout victory over Oklahoma, Applewhite threw a 97-yard touchdown pass to Wane McGarity, the longest pass in Texas history. He capped the season by leading the Longhorns to a 38–11 victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the Cotton Bowl Classic. It was Texas’ first Cotton Bowl victory since 1982.

Applewhite was a quarterback for the Texas Longhorns from 1998 to 2001. Recruited from Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by then Texas coach John Mackovic, he was later coached by Mack Brown. While at Texas, the undersized Applewhite’s tenure was noted both for his often gritty heroics as well as his battle for playing time with the heralded blue chip recruit Chris Simms, son of New York Giants legend Phil Simms. Applewhite led Texas to two Big 12 Championship games, to victory in 2 Bowl games, and set 48 school records along the way.

He was born in Baton Rouge (La. He married Julie Applewhite and had a daughter, Lila.

Major Applewhite Net Worth

Major Applewhite is one of the richest Football Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Major Applewhite 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His UT team won against the #7 Nebraska Cornhuskers to snap their 47-year streak of home victories.

After graduating from UT he returned to the team as a graduate assistant for After graduating from UT, he came back to the team as a graduate assistant coach for Mack Brown..

Major Lee Applewhite (born July 26, 1978) is an American football coach and former player who is currently an analyst at the University of Alabama. He served as head coach at the University of Houston from 2016 to 2018, where he previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. In 2013, he was the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Texas under his head coach as a player, Mack Brown. Prior to Texas, Applewhite served as offensive coordinator at Rice University under Todd Graham in 2006 and at Alabama under Nick Saban in 2007. He was the youngest offensive coordinator among Division I-A schools at that time.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Major Applewhite height 6 ft 1 in Major weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Major Applewhite Dating?

According to our records, Major Applewhite married to Julie Applewhite. As of December 1, 2023, Major Applewhite’s is not dating anyone.

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Applewhite was previously the quarterbacks coach at Syracuse University in

2005. Prior to coaching, he was a college football quarterback for the Texas Longhorns from 1998 to 2001 and set 8 school records. Many of these still stand, including the longest pass play (97 yards), and most yards passing in a game (473). He previously held the record for career yards (8,353) and consecutive passes without an interception (156).

Facts & Trivia

Major Ranked on the list of most popular Football Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Major Applewhite celebrates birthday on July 26 of every year.

After former Texas defensive coordinator Gene Chizik was hired as head coach at Iowa State University in December 2006, Applewhite was rumored to be joining his coaching staff. Applewhite, however, officially announced on December 4, 2006, that he would not leave Rice for Iowa State. He did however leave Rice only a month later, not for Iowa State but for Alabama, as he accepted an offer by newly hired Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban to serve as the offensive coordinator. Given his ties to the Lone Star State, Applewhite targeted a couple of Texas high school prospects, including Lennon Creer. Alabama eventually received commitments by quarterback Nick Fanuzzi and defensive back Tarence Farmer.

Who is Major Applewhite named after?

Applewhite grew up an Alabama fan and was named after 1970s Crimson Tide running back Major Ogilvie. Applewhite started most of his freshman and sophomore seasons at Texas but after an upset loss to Stanford his junior season, he was replaced by highly touted recruit Chris Simms.

Where is Major Applewhite at now?

Former University of Houston coach Major Applewhite has been hired as offensive coordinator at Arkansas State , according to Football Scoop. Applewhite is set to join new coach Butch Jones’ staff after spending the last two seasons as an offensive analyst at Alabama.

Did Major Applewhite play in the NFL?

After graduation, Applewhite was signed by the New England Patriots days after the 2002 NFL Draft , but quit prior to the start of camp to finish his degree and to pursue a career in coaching.

Where did Major Applewhite go to college?

The University of Texas at Austin

How old is Major Applewhite?

43 years (July 26, 1978)