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Ken Hatfield (born June 6, 1943 in Helena, Arkansas) is a former college football coach and Captain of the U.S. Army.  He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1965 with a B.S. in Accounting.

Hatfield starred as a defensive back at the University of Arkansas for the 1964 NCAA Division I-A national football championship team alongside such pro football luminaries as Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones. He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Hatfield began his college head coaching career at the United States Air Force Academy from 1979 to 1983. He gradually rebuilt a program that had struggled through most of the 1970s and laid the foundation for its success in the 1980s and early 1990s (under his offensive coordinator, Fisher DeBerry). He then moved to his alma mater, Arkansas, where he compiled a 55-17-1 from 1984 to 1989, including two straight Southwest Conference titles–something that the Razorbacks hadn’t pulled off since his playing days. In 1989, Hatfield became the first former player to coach his alma mater in the Cotton Bowl, as he helped lead Arkansas to the 1964 National Championship over Nebraska in the 1965 Cotton Bowl.

In early 1990, Hatfield headed to Clemson University without even visiting the campus. Ironically, the coach Hatfield succeeded at Clemson, Danny Ford, would eventually become the Razorbacks’ coach in 1993.

Hatfield coached at Clemson from 1990-93, compiling a 32-13-1 record and the school’s last Atlantic Coast Conference title to date, in 1991.

His last position as head coach was at Rice University, where he compiled a 55-78-1 record before resigning on November 30, 2005, following a 1-10 season.

One of the few remaining proponents of the conservative triple-option offense in college football, Hatfield has compiled a 168-140-4 record as a head coach.  He participated in and lead teams in 19 bowl games throughout his career.

Ken and his wife Sandy have been married since 1969.