Ted Jefferies
 Jeffries pictured in Yoncopin 1929, Centenary yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 8, 1908 Jacksonville, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, 1985 (aged 76) Nacogdoches, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Centenary College of Louisiana (1929) |
| Playing career | |
| 1925–1928 | Centenary |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1933–1943 | Wichita Falls HS (TX) |
| 1946 | Lamar JC |
| 1947–1955 | Stephen F. Austin |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 41–40–3 (college) 83–33–8 (high school) |
Theodore Lemuel Jefferies (November 8, 1908 – January 2, 1985) was an
Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas
.
Among his former players was later Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints coach Bum Phillips and Texas A&M University coach R. C. Slocum. Slocum played for Jefferies at Stark High School in Orange, Texas. Mr. Ted, as he was called, came out of retirement to coach in Orange. In Slocum's senior season, 1962, Jefferies took Orange to the state semifinals.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (Lone Star Conference) (1947–1955) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Stephen F. Austin | 3–6–1 | 2–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1948 | Stephen F. Austin | 7–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1949 | Stephen F. Austin | 7–2 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1950 | Stephen F. Austin | 5–5 | 2–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1951 | Stephen F. Austin | 4–4–1 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1952 | Stephen F. Austin | 3–6 | 1–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1953 | Stephen F. Austin | 1–8 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1954 | Stephen F. Austin | 6–3 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1955 | Stephen F. Austin | 5–4 | 2–4 | T–4th | |||||
| Stephen F. Austin: | 41–40–3 | 17–27–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 41–40–3 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Yoncopin". Centenary College of Louisiana. 1929.
- ^ "The Blue Book of College Athletics". 1956.
Additional sources
- Cashion, Ty (1998). Pigskin Pulpit: A Social History of Texas High School Football Coaches. Austin: Texas State Historical Association. pp. 148–149. ISBN 0-87611-168-1.
External links
 | This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |