Jim Copeland

Jim Copeland
Career information
No. 64
Date of birth	(1945-03-05)March 5, 1945
Place of birth	Charlottesville, Virginia
Date of death	June 4, 2010(2010-06-04) (aged 65)
Place of death	Charlottesville, Virginia
Position(s)	Guard
College	Virginia
NFL draft	1967 / Round: 10 / Pick 255
Career history
As player
1967–1974	Cleveland Browns
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Wyatt James Copeland, Jr. (March 5, 1945 – June 4, 2010) was an American football player and college athletics administrator. He played as an offensive lineman for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Copeland was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1945 and attended the University of Virginia. He was drafted in the tenth round by the Cleveland Browns in the 1967 NFL Draft.

Copeland later served as the athletic director at the College of William & Mary, the University of Utah, the University of Virginia and Southern Methodist University (SMU).

References

Cleveland Browns 1967 NFL draft selections

Bob Matheson Larry Conjar Don Cockroft Eppie Barney Carl Ward Joe Taffoni John Demarie Bill House Bill Devrow Cecil Dowdy Jim Copeland Bill Sabatino Charlie Fowler Billy Andrews Floyd Rogers Dennis Williamson Don Williams Ben Davis

William & Mary Tribe athletic directors

W. J. King (1901–1905)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
H. W. Withers (1906–1907)
F. M. Crawford (1907–1911)
William J. Young (1911–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916–1918)
Vernon Geddy (1918–1919)
James G. Driver (1919–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1928)
Billy Gooch (1928–1939)
Carl M. Voyles (1939–1943)
Rube McCray (1944–1951)
Jack Freeman (1952–1957)
Milt Drewer (1957–1963)
H. Lester Hooker (1963–1971)
Ben Carnevale (1972–1981)
Jim Copeland (1981–1985)
John Randolph (1985–1995)
Terry Driscoll (1995– )

Utah Utes athletic directors

Ike Armstrong (1925–1950) Jack Curtice (1950–1956) Bud Jack (1958–1976) Arnie Ferrin (1976–1985) Jim Copeland (1985–1987) Chris Hill (1987– )

Virginia Cavaliers athletic directors

W. A. Lambeth (1892–1922) James G. Driver (1929–1935) Norton G. Pritchett (1935–1951) Gus Tebell (1951–1962) Steve Sebo (1962–?) Gene Corrigan (1971–1981) Dick Schultz (1981–1987) Jim Copeland (1987–1994) Terry Holland (1994–2001) Craig Littlepage (2001– )

SMU Mustangs athletic directors

J. Burton Rix (1917–1921)
Jimmy Stewart (1935–1945)
Matty Bell (1947–1964)
Hayden Fry (1964–1972)
Dave Smith (1972–1974)
Dick Davis (1974–1978)
Russ Potts (1978–1981)
Bob Hitch (1981–1986)
Dudley Parker # (1986–1987)
Doug Single (1987–1990)
Forrest Gregg (1990–1994)
Bill Lively # (1994)
Jim Copeland (1995–2006)
Brian O'Boyle (2006)
Steve Orsini (2006–2012)
Rick Hart (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

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