Edward Jackson (American football)

Edward L. Jackson

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	c. 1907 Springfield, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Springfield College Pennsylvania State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1933–1936	Delaware State
1937–1938	Johnson C. Smith
1939	Delaware State
1940	Johnson C. Smith
1941–1942	Delaware State
1943–1944	Johnson C. Smith
1945	Delaware State
1946–1952	Howard
1953–1956	Delaware State
Head coaching record
Overall	141–62–12
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1934 MAAA Champions 1956 CIAA Champions

Edward L. Jackson was an American football head coach for several historically black colleges and universities in the Eastern United States. He was the head coach at Delaware State University, Johnson C. Smith University and Howard University, altering his tenures among the three schools over the course of 23 years. Jackson compiled an overall record of 141–62–12, including two conference championships at Delaware State in 1934 and 1956. Only once during his coaching career did a team of his finish with a sub-.500 record, when Delaware State finished 1–3–1 in 1936.

Jackson later went to the Tuskegee Institute, serving as Physical Education director and Vice-President of Academic Affairs.^[1] In 1970, he was recognized by the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation with a Presidential Citation.^[2]

Head coaching record

Note: The yearly records are grouped together first by team and then by conference affiliation within that team. It does not follow a year-by-year chronology.

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Rank^#
Delaware State Hornets (Independent) (1933–1933, 1935–1942)
1933	Delaware State	4–4
1935	Delaware State	7–1
1936	Delaware State	1–3–1
1939	Delaware State	7–4
1941	Delaware State	7–4–2
1942	Delaware State	8–2–2
Delaware State Hornets (Middle Atlantic Athletic Association) (1934)
1934	Delaware State	8–0		1st
Delaware State Hornets (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1945–1956)
1945	Delaware State	3–3
1953	Delaware State	4–4
1954	Delaware State	7–1
1955	Delaware State	7–1
1956	Delaware State	7–1–1		1st (tie)
Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1937–1944)
1937	Johnson C. Smith	6–3
1938	Johnson C. Smith	4–4–1
1940	Johnson C. Smith	8–1
1943	Johnson C. Smith	5–4
1944	Johnson C. Smith	7–2–3
Howard Bison (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1946–1952)
1946	Howard	6–3
1947	Howard	6–2–1
1948	Howard	7–2
1949	Howard	6–3
1950	Howard	5–4
1951	Howard	5–4
1952	Howard	6–2–1
Total:		141–62–12
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

References

1. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/38383407/
2. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39193760/

External links

• Edward Jackson at the College Football Data Warehouse