Deke Brackett

Deke Brackett
Brackett at UCLA, 1960
Sport(s)	College football
Biographical details
Died	November 14, 1970
Place of death	Huntington, West Virginia
Playing career
1931-1933	Tennessee
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1934-1936 1937-1939 1940 1941-1945 1946–1949 1950-1962 1967 1968-1970	Tennessee (Asst.) The Citadel (Asst.) Hampden-Sydney (Asst.)Tennessee (Asst.) Arkansas (Ends) UCLA (Backfield) Orlando Panthers (Asst.) Marshall (Kicking/Freshman coord.)

Herbert Benjamin "Deke" Brackett (died November 14, 1970 in Huntington, West Virginia) was a College football player and coach.

Brackett played quarterback at Tennessee from 1931-1933. He played in the same backfield as College Football Hall of Famer and NFL All-Decade Team running back Beattie Feathers. After graduating, Brackett remained at Tennessee as an assistant. After stints at The Citadel and Hampden-Sydney, he returned to Tennessee as an assistant to new head coach John Barnhill. Brackett followed Barnhill to Arkansas in 1946. Following Barnhill's resignation after the 1949 season, Brackett moved to UCLA where he was the Bruins' backfield coach until 1962.

Brackett returned to coaching as an assistant with the Orlando Panthers of the Continental Football League. He returned to college football in 1968 when his head coach with the Panthers, Perry Moss hired him to work on his staff at Marshall.

Brackett died in the 1970 plane crash that killed most of the Marshall football team and coaching staff and several team boosters. Brackett was supposed to go on a recruiting trip with fellow assistant William "Red" Dawson, however graduate assistant Gale Parker gave Brackett his seat and went on the trip instead.

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Date of death	November 14, 1970
Place of death	Huntington, West Virginia