Willie E. Jeffries became the first black head football coach of an NCAA Division I-A football program at a predominantly white college when he coached Wichita State University. He served as the head football coach at South Carolina State University for 19 seasons in two stints (1973–1978, 1989–2001). Jeffries grew up in South Carolina […]

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