caption player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
jeffries yearbook pictured in '' yoncopin '' 1929 , centenary centenary 2 january 1985 nacogdoches , texas 1933 -- 1943 1946 1947 -- 1955 jacksonville , texas 41 83 -- 33 -- 8 -lrb- at wichita falls hs -- -rrb- 40 -- 3 -lrb- at sfa -rrb- 1925 -- 1928 wichita f. austin falls hs -lrb- tx -rrb- lamar jc stephen 4092 football 8 november 1908 ted jeffries.png ted jefferies
 ted jefferies centenary college of louisiana -lrb- 1929 -rrb-
ted jefferies

theodore lemuel `` ted '' jefferies -lrb- november 8 , 1908 -- january 2 , 1985 -rrb- 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 .
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 .
