 From 1950 to 1956 he was the head football coach at Texas Western College, now the University of Texas at El Paso; he also served as the school's athletic director from 1950 to 1959.Brumbelow grew up in Jacksboro, Texas.He was the son of William Brumbelow and Alice Helton Brumbelow, a ranching and farming family in Jack County, Texas.