- Victor Payne
College coach infobox
Name = Victor Payne
Caption = Victor Payne during his time at Texas Tech
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Sport = Football
Basketball
College =Abilene Christian University Hardin-Simmons University
Texas Tech
Title =Head coach
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OverallRecord = 32–20 (basketball)
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Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1922-23
1926
1927-30
CoachTeams =Abilene Christian University (football)Hardin-Simmons University (football)
Texas Tech (basketball)
FootballHOF =Victor Payne was a head college basketball and football coach. He coached football at Abilene Christian College and Simmons University. He coached basketball at Texas Technological College (now
Texas Tech University ).Abilene Christian and Hardin-Simmons
Payne coached the Abilene Christian Wildcats during the 1922 and 1923 football seasons. [cite web|title=Lone Star Conference Records|publisher=
Abilene Christian University |url=http://www.acusports.com/pdf5/135647.pdf?ATCLID=1554217&SPSID=45014&SPID=3615&DB_OEM_ID=8900|format=PDF|accessdate=2008-09-17] During his time at Abilene Christian, Sam Cox ofOzona, Texas , sent him a young wildcat named Bob Thomas to serve as a live athletics mascot for the college. [cite news|last=Hadfield|first=Ron|coauthors=Michelle Morris, Tom and Betsey Craig, and Garner Roberts|title=Traditions!|work=ACU Today|url=http://www.acu.edu/acu-today/fall2000/cover01.html|accessdate=2008-09-17]Payne coached the Simmons Cowboys football team to 6–1–3 in 1926. [cite web|title=Coaching Records|publisher=
Hardin-Simmons University |url=http://hsuathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/hsim-m-footbl-coaching.html|accessdate=2008-09-17]Texas Tech
Payne coached the Texas Tech Matadors (now known as the Red Raiders) from 1927 to 1930. [cite web|title=Athletic Collections in the Texas Tech University Archives|publisher=Southwest Collection|url=http://www.swco.ttu.edu/University_Archive/ttusports2.html|accessdate=2008-09-17] During the first season, the team won ten games and lost six. The following season, the record was slightly worse at 9–8. During his final season, the team improved to 13–6. [cite web|title=Men's Basketball: Year-by-Year Results|publisher=Texas Tech Athletics|url=http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-yrbyyr.html|accessdate=2008-09-17] Payne's overall record at Texas Tech stands at 32 wins and 20 losses. [cite news|title=Texas Tech-Knight|work=
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |date=2001-03-24|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/032401/col_032401002.shtml|accessdate=2008-09-17]References
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