Bible played football while in college and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Iota chapter.

Bible began his coaching career at Brandon Prep School in Shelbyville, Tennessee.

[2] During his hiatus from Texas A&M in 1918, Bible served as pilot in World War I. Bible's 1917 Texas A&M Aggies football team was undefeated, untied, and did not surrender a single point all season outscoring opponents 270–0.

His 1919 Texas A&M Aggies football team repeated the feat, outscoring the opposition 275–0.

In ten seasons at University of Texas at Austin, Bible brought the Longhorns football program to national prominence, winning three Southwest Conference championships, making three appearances at the Cotton Bowl Classic—two victorious, and placing in the final AP Poll rankings five times.

[4] While at Texas, University of Chicago coach Clark Shaughnessy contacted Bible to organize a clinic on the T formation.

Along with Frank Leahy of the University of Notre Dame, they helped create the T formation revolution.