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The following is a list of notable people associated with
Texas A&M University–Commerce , located in the American city of
Commerce ,
Texas .
Duane Allen – lead singer of
The Oak Ridge Boys
Tia Ballard – actress for
Funimation Entertainment
Linda Brookover – Screenwriter, film producer, essayist on film topics
Rob Collins - Emmy Winning Sports Anchor at FOX4 TV Kansas City.
Will Creedle – Novelist and thought leader in the field of website
ADA compliance
Jim Fiscus – photographer specializing in editorial and advertising photography, including several campaigns for the Showtime series Dexter
Morgan Garrett – Voice actress
Adrian Hall – former American theater director
Trenton Doyle Hancock – fine artist
Colleen Hoover – New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels and five novellas
Jerrod Knight - Radio Personality and voice actor
[2]
Donovan Lewis - Sports Talk Radio Host
[3] at SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket, Dallas, TX
Staley T. McBrayer – newspaper publisher and inventor of the Vanguard web offset press for newspaper printing
[4]
John Charles Norman – advertising executive and graphic designer, chief creative officer, TBWA Chiat Day, Los Angeles
Bill O'Neal – author who has written more than thirty books and three hundred articles and book reviews on the American West
Robyn O'Neil – artist known for her large-scale graphite on paper drawings
William A. Owens – American author, folklorist and educator
Gary Panter – illustrator and set designer of
Pee Wee's Playhouse
Jeff Parrott – American painter
Key Poulan - composer
Freda Ross - News Director at
WBAP-AM , Dallas, TX
[5]
Michael Sampson –
New York Times best-selling author
Michael Schwab (designer) – Graphic designer and illustrator, attended from 1970 until 1972.
[6]
Mark Seliger – photographer noted for his portraiture; regular front-page photographer for
Rolling Stone , where he began working in 1987.
Jordan Randall Smith - founder and music director of
Symphony Number One
[7]
Daniel Starks – Radio Host, Voice Actor, General Manager at
KGVL-AM and
KIKT-FM
Erin Trieb – American photographer
Lester Van Winkle – American sculptor
Renée Witterstaetter – comic book colorist, editor, and writer
John Clifton Wright – American author
Susan Wood – American poet
Ralph C. Wood – Scholar of theology and English literature
Althea Byfield – Former professional basketball player and
netball bronze medal winner for
Jamaica
Autry Beamon – former
NFL player
Bobby Bounds – former Arena League Football player
Chad Brown – NFL official, refereed Super Bowls XXXV and XLV
Marv Brown – former Detroit Lion
Curtis Buckley – former NFL player
John Carlos – former
sprinter ; professional
football player; human rights activist
Bob Carpenter – former
NBA player
Jake Carter – former NBA player
Rob Childress – former college baseball coach at
Texas A&M
[8]
Tim Collier – former NFL cornerback
Ricky Collins – former CFL wide receiver
Derrick Crawford – former Arena Football League player
Will Cureton - former starting quarterback for the
Cleveland Browns
Clint Dolezel – former
Arena Football League all-star quarterback; head coach for the
Philadelphia Soul in the AFL
Buck Fausett – Former
MLB player
[9]
Harry Fritz – Former professional tennis player, also was a member of East Texas State's men's tennis team that won the 1972 NAIA National championship
Bill Gaines – former professional basketball player
Jon Gilliam – former Kansas City Chiefs player, played in
Super Bowl I
Ernest Hawkins – Winningest football coach in Texas A&M-Commerce athletic history, also lead the team an NAIA National Championship title in 1972
Scott Highsmith – Football coach currently serving as an offensive analyst for
Southern Miss , previously served as head coach at
Belhaven and
East Texas Baptist
Ross Hodge – current head coach for
North Texas Men's Basketball Team
Rich Houston – American football player
Lee Johnson – former NBA player
Vernon Johnson – former professional football player
Bo Kelly – former Arena League Football player for the Arizona Rattlers
Kader Kohou - Ivorian NFL cornerback for the
Miami Dolphins
John Lotz – Former men's basketball coach at
Florida
Dee Mackey – former NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers
Kyle Mackey – Former NFL Quarterback for the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins
Harvey Martin – former defensive end in the National Football League and
Super Bowl XII MVP
Danny Mason – current CFL Defensive End for the
Ottawa RedBlacks
Kevin Mathis – former starting cornerback for the Super Bowl Champion
Dallas Cowboys
Durwood Merrill – former MLB umpire
Shelby Metcalf – former head coach of
men's basketball at Texas A&M
Mike Miller – former head coach of the
Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team, current assistant coach for the
Washington Wizards
Larry Nemmers – former NFL
official
Rex Norris – former defensive coordinator at the
University of Oklahoma
John Pearce – former football coach at
Stephen F. Austin State University
Luis Perez – Quarterback for the
Arlington Renegades of the
XFL
Dave Philley – former
MLB player
[10]
Ron Poe – Former high school football coach, one of the winningest high school football coaches in Texas history and state champion in 1979
Herb Raybourn – former MLB player, scout, and
New York Yankees Director of Latin American Operations
Bryn Roy - professional
Canadian football player
Davarus Shores –
Bronze Metal winner at the
2017 World Games competing in
American Football representing the
United States
Wes Smith – former NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
Charles Tuaau – former professional football player
Aundra Thompson – former NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
Michael Trigg – former
ArenaBowl -winning player and head coach
Darrell Tully – former NFL player; Superintendent of schools at Spring Branch ISD in the Houston area
Alan Veingrad – NFL football player
Devondrick Walker – Professional European basketball player
Sam Walton – NFL football player
Curtis Wester – former
Canadian Football League player
Dwight White – Hall of Fame NFL player for the
Pittsburgh Steelers , Super Bowl Champion
Darrell Williams – former professional basketball player
[11]
Antonio Wilson – former professional football player for the Minnesota Vikings and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League
Wade Wilson - former
NFL quarterback