Facts: - sport: football - player team: west virginia - coach team: west middle tennessee -lrb- dc -rrb- davidson -lrb- dc -rrb- methodist virginia -lrb- ga -rrb- fairmont -lrb- co-dc -rrb- - player years: 1963 -- 1966 - coach years: 1967 -- 2010 1973 1974 -- 1978 1979 -- 1991 1992 - birth date: 21 september 1945 - player positions: free safety , wide receiver - name: jim sypult - overall record: 88 -- 101 - cfbdwid: 4878 - championships: 1 usa south athletic -lrb- 2005 -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jim sypult .
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jim sypult -lrb- born september 21 , 1945 -rrb- is a former american football player and coach .he served as the head football coach at methodist university in fayetteville , north carolina from 1992 to 2010 , compiling a record of 88 -- 101 .sypult was the second coach in the program 's history and won the team 's first conference championship , in 2005 .