Ted Jefferies
Jeffries pictured in Yoncopin 1929, Centenary yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1908-11-08)November 8, 1908
Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.
DiedJanuary 2, 1985(1985-01-02) (aged 76)
Nacogdoches, Texas, U.S.
Alma materCentenary College of Louisiana (1929)
Playing career
1925–1928Centenary
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1933–1943Wichita Falls HS (TX)
1946Lamar JC
1947–1955Stephen F. Austin
Head coaching record
Overall41–40–3 (college)
83–33–8 (high school)

Theodore Lemuel Jefferies (November 8, 1908 – January 2, 1985) was an American football player and coach. Jefferies was an alumnus of the Centenary College of Louisiana, which he graduated from in 1929, as president of the student body and as "candidate for a B.S. degree.[1][2] He served as head coach at Wichita Falls High School from 1933 to 1943, taking the school to its first state championship in 1941. Jefferies later coached at Lamar University, at a time when the school was still a junior college. In 1947, he became head coach at 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 ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (Lone Star Conference) (1947–1955)
1947 Stephen F. Austin 3–6–12–3–15th
1948 Stephen F. Austin 7–2–13–2–13rd
1949 Stephen F. Austin 7–22–12nd
1950 Stephen F. Austin 5–52–2T–2nd
1951 Stephen F. Austin 4–4–12–3T–4th
1952 Stephen F. Austin 3–61–4T–4th
1953 Stephen F. Austin 1–80–56th
1954 Stephen F. Austin 6–33–3T–3rd
1955 Stephen F. Austin 5–42–4T–4th
Stephen F. Austin: 41–40–317–27–2
Total:41–40–3

References

  1. "Yoncopin". Centenary College of Louisiana. 1929.
  2. "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.
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