{{Short description|American football and basketball player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Buster Brannon | image = Buster_Brannon_TCU.jpg | alt = | caption = Brannon c. 1958 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|10|21}} | birth_place = Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|4|14|1908|10|21}} | death_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1931–1932 | player_team2 = TCU | player_sport3 = Basketball | player_years4 = 1930–1933 | player_team4 = TCU | player_positions = Quarterback (football)<br>Guard (basketball) | coach_sport1 = Basketball | coach_years2 = 1938–1942 | coach_team2 = Rice | coach_years3 = 1945–1946 | coach_team3 = Rice | coach_years4 = 1948–1967 | coach_team4 = TCU | coach_sport5 = Football | coach_years6 = 1946–1947 | coach_team6 = Florida (assistant) | coach_years7 = 1949–1954 | coach_team7 = TCU (assistant) | overall_record = 289–296 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = 4–6 (NCAA / NCAA University Division) | championships = 6 SWC regular season (1940, 1942, 1951–1953, 1959) | awards = | coaching_records = }}
'''Byron Scott "Buster" Brannon''' (October 21, 1908 – April 14, 1979) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Rice University from 1938 to 1942 and again from 1945 to 1946 and at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1948 to 1967, compiling a career college basketball record of 289–296. His teams played in five NCAA tournaments and won six Southwest Conference championships. Brannon died of a heart attack on April 14, 1979.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brannon dies |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e_ZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ce4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4445,284777 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |date=April 16, 1979 |accessdate=March 28, 2013}}</ref>
==Early life== Brannon was born on October 21, 1908, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/h/a/Mark-A-Phariss/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1211.html |title=Byron ("Buster") Scott Brannon (b. October 21, 1908, d. April 14, 1979) |author= |date= |publisher=Ancestry.com |accessdate=March 29, 2013}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Rice Owls | conference = Southwest Conference | startyear = 1938 | endyear = 1942 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1938–39 | name = Rice | overall = 10–11 | conference = 6–6 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1939–40 | name = Rice | overall = 25–4 | conference = 10–2 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA Regional Third Place }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1940–41 | name = Rice | overall = 18–6 | conference = 8–4 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1941–42 | name = Rice | overall = 22–5 | conference = 10–2 | confstanding = T–1st | postseason = NCAA Regional Fourth Place }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Rice Owls | conference = Southwest Conference | startyear = 1945 | endyear = 1946 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1945–46 | name = Rice | overall = 10–11 | conference = 5–7 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Rice | overall = 85–37 ({{Winning percentage|85|37}}) | confrecord = 39–21 ({{Winning percentage|39|21}}) }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = TCU Horned Frogs | conference = Southwest Conference | startyear = 1948 | endyear = 1967 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1948–49 | name = TCU | overall = 4–20 | conference = 1–11 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1949–50 | name = TCU | overall = 14–11 | conference = 5–7 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1950–51 | name = TCU | overall = 16–9 | conference = 8–4 | confstanding = T–1st | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1951–52 | name = TCU | overall = 24–4 | conference = 11–1 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA Regional Third Place }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1952–53 | name = TCU | overall = 16–8 | conference = 9–3 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA Regional Third Place }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1953–54 | name = TCU | overall = 10–14 | conference = 5–7 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1954–55 | name = TCU | overall = 17–7 | conference = 8–4 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1955–56 | name = TCU | overall = 4–20 | conference = 2–10 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1956–57 | name = TCU | overall = 14–10 | conference = 6–6 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1957–58 | name = TCU | overall = 17–7 | conference = 8–6 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1958–59 | name = TCU | overall = 20–6 | conference = 12–2 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA University Division Regional Third Place }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1959–60 | name = TCU | overall = 7–17 | conference = 4–10 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1960–61 | name = TCU | overall = 5–19 | conference = 3–11 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1961–62 | name = TCU | overall = 5–19 | conference = 3–11 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1962–63 | name = TCU | overall = 4–20 | conference = 1–13 | confstanding = 8th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1963–64 | name = TCU | overall = 4–20 | conference = 0–14 | confstanding = 8th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1964–65 | name = TCU | overall = 6–18 | conference = 3–11 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1965–66 | name = TCU | overall = 8–16 | conference = 6–8 | confstanding = T–6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1966–67 | name = TCU | overall = 10–14 | conference = 8–6 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = TCU | overall = 204–259 ({{Winning percentage|204|259}}) | confrecord = 103–145 ({{Winning percentage|103|145}}) }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 289–296 ({{Winning percentage|289|296}}) }}
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