Pedie Jackson

Pedie Jackson
Biographical details
Born	October 19, 1898
Died	August 31, 1938 (aged 39); Bristol, Virginia
Playing career
Football
c. 1919	Emory and Henry
Football
c. 1919	Emory and Henry
Football
c. 1919	Emory and Henry
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921	Alexander College (TX)
1922	Virginia HS (VA)
1923–1926	Concord
1927–1935	Emory and Henry
1936–1937	King
Basketball
1924–1927	Concord
1929–1936	Emory and Henry
Head coaching record
Overall	101–36–6 (college football); 5–1–2 (junior college football); 7–0–1 (high school football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 2 Smoky Mountain (1928–1929)

William Senter "Pedie" Jackson (October 19, 1898 – August 31, 1938) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Concord College—now known as Concord University—in Athens, West Virginia from 1923 to 1926, Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia from 1927 to 1935, and King College—now known as King University—in Bristol, Tennessee from 1936 to 1937.

A native of Johnson City, Tennessee, Jackson played football, basketball, and baseball at Emory and Henry before graduating with an A.B. degree in 1920.^[1] He began his coaching career in 1921 at Alexander College—now known as Lon Morris College, a junior college in Jacksonville, Texas, leading his football team to a record of 5–1–2. The next year, he coached the football team at Virginia High School in Bristol, Virginia to a record of 7–0–1.

Jackson died of pneumonia, on August 31, 1938, at King Mountain Memorial Hospital in Bristol, Virginia.^[2]^[3]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Concord Mountain Lions (Independent) (1923–1924)
1923	Concord	8–0
1924	Concord	6–2–1
Concord Mountain Lions (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1925–1926)
1925	Concord	4–3–1
1926	Concord	6–1–1
Concord:		24–6–3
Emory and Henry Wasps (Smoky Mountain Conference) (1927–1929)
1927	Emory and Henry	9–0	3–0	T–1st^{[n 1]}
1928	Emory and Henry	10–0	4–0	1st
1929	Emory and Henry	7–2–1	3–0	1st
Emory and Henry Wasps (Independent) (1930–1935)
1930	Emory and Henry	8–1–1
1931	Emory and Henry	6–5
1932	Emory and Henry	4–4
1933	Emory and Henry	10–1
1934	Emory and Henry	8–2
1935	Emory and Henry	6–4
Emory and Henry:		68–19–2	10–0
King Tornado (Smoky Mountain Conference) (1936–1937)
1936	King	5–5	3–3	T–5th
1937	King	4–6–1	2–3–1	5th
King:		9–11–1	5–6–1
Total:		101–36–6
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

^ Emory and Henry, Maryville, and Milligan all finished the year 3–0 in Smoky Mountain Conference play, but no conference title was awarded.^[4]

References

^ "W.S. "Pedie" Jackson". Emory & Henry College Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
^ "Illness Claims Brilliant King Athletic Head". Johnson City Chronicle. Johnson City, Tennessee. September 1, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved September 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "More about King Coach (continued)". Johnson City Chronicle. Johnson City, Tennessee. September 1, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved September 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "All-Smoky Mountain Eleven Picked". The Knoxville Journal. Knoxville, Tennessee. November 29, 1927. p. 9. Retrieved September 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

Pedie Jackson at Find a Grave

[1973season-5] Emory and Henry, Maryville, and Milligan all finished the year 3–0 in Smoky Mountain Conference play, but no conference title was awarded.^[4]

[1] "W.S. "Pedie" Jackson". Emory & Henry College Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 26, 2020.

[2] "Illness Claims Brilliant King Athletic Head". Johnson City Chronicle. Johnson City, Tennessee. September 1, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved September 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

[3] "More about King Coach (continued)". Johnson City Chronicle. Johnson City, Tennessee. September 1, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved September 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

[4] "All-Smoky Mountain Eleven Picked". The Knoxville Journal. Knoxville, Tennessee. November 29, 1927. p. 9. Retrieved September 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

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