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| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1962–1963 | San Jose State |
| Position | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1968–1972 | San Jose State (assistant) |
| 1973–1974 | Oberlin |
| 1975–1977 | Morris Brown |
| 1978–1980 | Southern |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 38–39–2 |
Cass Jackson is an American former football coach and player. Hired in 1973 to become the head football coach at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, he became one of the first African-American head football coaches at a predominantly white college.[1] Jackson later served as the head coach at Morris Brown College from 1975 to 1977 and at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1978 to 1980.[2] He played college football at San Jose State University, where he was a running back on the 1962 and 1963 teams.[3][4]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin Yeomen (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1973–1974) | |||||||||
| 1973 | Oberlin | 4–5 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
| 1974 | Oberlin | 5–4 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
| Oberlin: | 9–9 | ||||||||
| Morris Brown Wolverines (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1975–1977) | |||||||||
| 1975 | Morris Brown | 3–6 | 0–5 | 7th (Division I) | |||||
| 1976 | Morris Brown | 6–3–1 | 3–2 | 4th (Division I) | |||||
| 1977 | Morris Brown | 5–4 | 2–3 | T–3rd (Division I) | |||||
| Morris Brown: | 14–13–1 | 5–10 | |||||||
| Southern Jaguars (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1978–1980) | |||||||||
| 1978 | Southern | 4–7 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1979 | Southern | 7–4 | 4–2 | T–3rd | T–10 | ||||
| 1980 | Southern | 4–6–1 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| Southern: | 15–17–2 | 9–9 | |||||||
| Total: | 38–39–2 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ Kaplan, Maxine (May 7, 2004). "Athletics employed radical". Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ↑ "New Coach for Southern U." New York Times. January 7, 1978. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Cass Jackson". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ↑ Spartans, San Jose State University (September 23, 2024) [September 23, 2024]. "SJSU Sports Hall of Fame - Complete Listing". SJSU Athletics - Official Athletics Website - San Jose State Spartans. Archived from the original on September 23, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
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