The 2016 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 They were led by 15th-year head coach Oliver Pough and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
 They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
 They finished the season 5–6, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in a two way tie for third place.
The South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represents South Carolina State University in college football.
 The Bulldogs play in NCAA Division I Football Championship as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
 A historically dominant football program, the Bulldogs lead the MEAC in conference championships.
 The school has produced three players enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame including Harry Carson, Deacon Jones, and Marion Motley.
 Other legendary Bulldog players include Robert Porcher and Donnie Shell.
 Legendary former SC State Coach Willie Jeffries became the first African American Head Coach of a predominantly white Division 1-A football program, when he was hired to coach the Wichita State football program in 1979.
 Jeffries is enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.
The 2012 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 They were led by 11th year head coach Oliver Pough and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
 They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
 They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
The Wichita State Shockers football team was the NCAA Division I football program of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.
 The Shockers fielded a team from 1897 to 1986.
 They played their home games at Cessna Stadium and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference until the program was discontinued.
The 2017 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represents South Carolina State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 They are led by 16th-year head coach Oliver Pough and play their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
 They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
The 2014 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 They were led by 13th-year head coach Oliver Pough and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
 They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
 They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in MEAC play to finish in a five-way tie for the MEAC championship.
 However, they did not earn the conference's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs and did not receive an at-large bid.
The 2010 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 The team was led by Oliver Pough in his ninth year as head coach and played its home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
 It finished the regular season with a 9–2 record overall and a 7–1 record in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, making them conference co-champions alongside Bethune–Cookman.
 The team qualified for the playoffs, in which it was eliminated in the first round by Georgia Southern.
The 2011 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 The Bulldogs were led by tenth year head coach Oliver Pough and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
 They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
 They finished the season 7–4, 6–2 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place.
Willie E. Jeffries, (born January 4, 1937) is a former American football player and coach.
 He served as the head football coach at South Carolina State University for 19 seasons in two stints (1973–1978, 1989–2001), five seasons at Wichita State University (1979–1983), and five seasons at Howard University (1984–1988).
 Jeffries was the first African American head coach of a NCAA Division I-A football program at a predominantly white college when he coached Wichita State.
 He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
The 2013 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 They were led by 12th year head coach Oliver Pough and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
 They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
 They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in MEAC play to win a share of the MEAC championship with Bethune-Cookman.
 Due to their loss to Bethune-Cookman, they did not receive the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs.
 However, they did receive an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Furman.

Question: Which legendary former south Carolina state bulldogs football coach became the first African American head coach of division 1-a football
Answer: Willie Jeffries