Ulysses S. McPherson
Playing career | |
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1946–1947 | Tennessee A&I |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1948–1950 | Morristown |
1954–1957 | Mississippi Vocational |
1958–1959 | Druid HS (AL) |
1960–? | Arkansas AM&N (assistant) |
1969–1970 | Jackson State |
1971 | Alabama State (assistant) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1972–? | Alabama State (acting AD) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 31–22–3 (college, excluding Morristown) 14–5 (high school) |
Ulysses Simpson "Killer" McPherson Jr. was an American football and college athletics administrator. He was the second head football coach at Mississippi Vocational College—now known as Mississippi Valley State University—in Itta Bena, Mississippi, serving for four seasons, from 1954 to 1957, and compiling a record of 25–9–3.[1] McPherson was the head football coach at Jackson State University from 1969 to 1970, where he accumulated a two-year record of 6–13.[2]
McPherson was hired in 1971 as an assistant football coach at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama. He was appointed the acting athletic director at Alabama State in February 1972.[3] He was later the athletic director at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and oversaw the Summer Youth Sports Program in Princess Anne, Maryland.
References
- ^ Mississippi Valley State University coaching records Archived August 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ulysses S. McPherson Coaching Records by Year
- ^ "Ulysses McPherson Named Acting AD at Alabama State". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. February 27, 1972. p. 16. Retrieved August 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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