Ted Jeffries

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Name = Ted Jeffries


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OverallRecord = 41–40–3 (at SFA)
83–33–8 (at Wichita Falls HS)
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CoachYears = 1933-1943
1944-1946
1947-1955
CoachTeams = Wichita Falls HS
Lamar JC
Stephen F. Austin
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Theodore L. “Ted” Jeffries was an American football coach. He served as head coach at Wichita Falls High School from 1933-43, taking the school to its first state championship in 1941. Jeffries 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.

References

*cite book |last=Cashion |first=Ty |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Pigskin Pulpit: A Social History of Texas High School Football Coaches |year=1998 |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |location=Austin |isbn=0876111681 |pages=148-149