Jules V. Sikes

Jules V. Sikes
Biographical details
Born	October 22, 1904; Leonard, Texas
Died	May 20, 1964 (aged 59); Commerce, Texas
Alma mater	Texas A&M
Playing career
Football
1925–1927	Texas A&M
Basketball
1926–1928	Texas A&M
Baseball
1926–1928	Texas A&M
Position(s)	End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1935–1937	Texas A&M (assistant)
1938–1942	Georgia (ends)
1943	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (assistant)
1944	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight
1945–1947	Georgia (ends)
1948–1953	Kansas
1954–1963	East Texas State
Basketball
1931–1935	East Texas State
Baseball
1936–1937	Texas A&M
1938–1942	Georgia
1946–1947	Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall	102–63–4 (football); 36–37 (basketball); 126–79–3 (baseball)
Bowls	2–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 5 LSC (1954–1955, 1957–1959); ; Baseball; 1 SWC (1937)

Jules Verne Sikes (October 22, 1904 – May 20, 1964) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was a graduate of Texas A&M University where he was a three-sport star, lettering three years each in baseball, basketball and football. He played end for Dana X. Bible's Texas A&M football teams from 1925 to 1927 and was All-Southwest Conference and mentioned as All-American. He played minor league baseball with Shreveport, Louisiana of the Class A Texas League after college. Sikes was an assistant coach for ends at the University of Georgia in Wally Butts first year as head football coach in 1939 until leaving for Kansas after the 1947 season, interrupted by service in World War II. He coached the Kansas Jayhawks from 1948 to 1953, compiling a 35–25 record. He succeeded George Sauer who left Kansas for United States Naval Academy. From 1954 to 1963, he coached at East Texas State University, amassing a 63–34–4 record. The Lions won five Lone Star Conference championships during his tenure and won both the Tangerine Bowl twice, at the end of the 1957 and 1958 seasons. He was a proponent of the T formation.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (Independent) (1944)
1944	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight	4–4					19
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight:		4–4
Kansas Jayhawks (Big Seven Conference) (1948–1953)
1948	Kansas	7–3	4–2	3rd
1949	Kansas	5–5	2–4	5th
1950	Kansas	6–4	3–3	4th
1951	Kansas	8–2	4–2	3rd		20
1952	Kansas	7–3	3–3	4th
1953	Kansas	2–8	2–4	T–4th
Kansas:		35–25	18–18
East Texas State Lions (Lone Star Conference) (1954–1963)
1954	East Texas State	6–3–1	5–0–1	T–1st
1955	East Texas State	5–4–1	5–1	T–1st
1956	East Texas State	2–8	1–5	6th
1957	East Texas State	9–1	6–1	1st	W Tangerine
1958	East Texas State	10–1	6–1	1st	W Tangerine
1959	East Texas State	9–1	6–1	T–1st
1960	East Texas State	6–4	5–2	T–2nd
1961	East Texas State	3–6	3–4	5th
1962	East Texas State	5–4–1	3–3–1	5th
1963	East Texas State	7–2–1	4–2	T–2nd
East Texas State:		63–34–4	46–20–2
Total:		102–63–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth