Answer the following question: Facts: - sport: football - player team: texas a & m army - admin years: 1967 -- 1976 - death date: january 2 , 1976 -lrb- aged 49 -rrb- - coach team: tennessee edmonton eskimos -lrb- line -rrb- mississippi state -lrb- line -rrb- -lrb- texas -lrb- dc -rrb- mississippi state assistant -rrb- mississippi state -lrb- assistant -rrb- - player years: 1943 -- 1944 1949 -- 1950 - coach years: 1951 1967 -- 1972 1952 1953 1954 -- 1956 1957 -- 1966 - admin team: mississippi state - awards: * 1950 all-america first team -lrb- ins -rrb- - birth date: september 23 , 1926 - player positions: tackle - name: charles shira - overall record: 16 -- 45 -- 2 - cfbdwid: 2140 - death place: jackson , mississippi Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles shira .
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charles n. shira -lrb- september 23 , 1926 -- january 2 , 1976 -rrb- was an american college football coach and athletic director .he served as head coach from 1967 to 1972 and compiled a combined record of 16 -- 45 -- 2 .shira received the southeastern conference coach of the year award in 1970 , the only season of his tenure in which his team finished with a winning percentage above .500 .he also served as the mississippi state university athletic director , at first concurrent with his head coaching duties , and then as his sole responsibility until his death in 1976 .