Harold Mayo
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1940 McKinney, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| c. 1960 | Kilgore College |
| 1962 | Lamar Tech |
| Position | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1963 | Vidor HS (TX) (assistant) |
| 1964 | McKinney HS (TX) (assistant) |
| 1965–1966 | Kilgore HS (TX) (offensive coach) |
| 1967 | Plano HS (TX) (backfield) |
| 1968 | Rice (freshmen) |
| 1969 | Rice (DB) |
| 1970 | Rice (OB) |
| 1971 | Taylor HS (TX) |
| 1972–1977 | Howard Payne (OC) |
| 1978 | Angelo State (OC) |
| 1979–1981 | Howard Payne |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1979–1981 | Howard Payne |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–23–1 (college football) |
Harold Mayo (born c. 1940) is an American former football coach and college athletics administrator. He was the 14th head football coach for the Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, serving for three seasons, from 1979 to 1981, and compiling a record of 6–23–1.[1]
Born in McKinney, Texas, Mayo spent several years of his childhood in Bakersfield, California, before returning to Texas, where he graduated from Farmersville High School in Farmersville. At Farmersville, he was an all-district selection in football, track, and baseball.
Mayo began his college career at the junior college level, playing football as a halfback and running track at Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas. In football, he was selected as team captain and earned All-American honors. Mayo moved on to Lamar State College of Technology—now known as Lamar University—in Beaumont, Texas, where he again participated in football and track. He was captain of the 1962 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team before graduating in 1963.[2]
