Boyd Franklin "Cotton" Converse (February 18, 1932 – May 31, 2010) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Wichita State University for one season in 1967, compiling a record of 2–7–1. Converse was also the head football coach at Paris Junior College in Paris, Texas from 1958 to 1961 and Kilgore College in iKilgore, Texas. At Kilgore, he led his 1966 team to the NJCAA National Football Championship. Converse was the athletic director at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College from 1972 to 1989.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 18, 1932 Milburn, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | May 31, 2010 (aged 78) Tishomingo, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1952 | Southeastern State |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1952 | Southeastern State |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1952 | Southeastern State |
| Position(s) | End (football) Guard (basketball) Pitcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| c. 1954 | Fort Huachuca (assistant) |
| 1957 | Paris (assistant) |
| 1958–1961 | Paris |
| 1964–1966 | Kilgore |
| 1967 | Wichita State |
| Basketball | |
| 1956–1967 | East Texas State (assistant) |
| 1957–1962 | Paris |
| 1962–1963 | Baylor (freshmen) |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1954 | Fort Huachuca |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1972–1989 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–7–1 (college football) 41–27–2 (junior college football) |
| Bowls | 2–0 (junior college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 NJCAA National (1966) 1 TJCFF (1966) | |
Converse attended Southeastern State College—now known as Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where he won 11 varsity letters in three sports. He played football as an end, basketball as a guard and baseball as a pitcher. After graduating from Southeastern State, Converse served in the United States Army. At Fort Huachuca in Cochise County, Arizona, he was an assistant football coach and head baseball coach. Following to years in the army, Converse went to East Texas State Teachers College—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce to pursue a master's degree and work as an assistant basketball coach. In early 1957, Converse was hired at Paris Junior College as head basketball coach and line coach for the football team under head coach Dee Alexander.[1]
Converse succeeded Alexander as head football coach at Paris in 1958, and led the team to a record of 20–19–1 in four seasons before the program was disbanded. He remained head basketball coach at Paris through 1962 and then went to Baylor University as coach of the freshmen basketball team.[2]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita State Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1967) | |||||||||
| 1967 | Wichita State | 2–7–1 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
| Wichita State: | 2–7–1 | 0–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–7–1 | ||||||||
Junior college football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Dragons (Texas Eastern Conference) (1958–1961) | |||||||||
| 1958 | Paris | 3–5–1 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1959 | Paris | 3–6 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1960 | Paris | 6–4 | 4–4 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1961 | Paris | 5–5 | 3–5 | 4th | |||||
| Paris: | 17–20–1 | 8–14 | |||||||
| Kilgore Rangers (Texas Junior College Football Federation) (1964–1966) | |||||||||
| 1964 | Kilgore | 6–3–1 | 4–3–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1965 | Kilgore | 8–3 | 4–3 | T–2nd | W El Karubah Shrine Bowl | ||||
| 1966 | Kilgore | 10–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | W Shrine Bowl | ||||
| Kilgore: | 24–7–1 | 14–7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 41–27–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Thompson, Bill (February 19, 1957). "Billboard". The Paris News. Paris, Texas. p. 7. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Allen, Ted (December 8, 1963). "Boyd Converse Named Kilgore College Coach". Kilgore News Herald. Kilgore, Texas. p. 2. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Former NEO athletic director Converse dies » The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO". Joplinglobe.com. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ^ "In Memory of Dr. Boyd F. Converse". Clarkfuneralservice.net. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ^ "Southeastern's Boyd Converse dies". Prosperpressnews.com. Retrieved March 23, 2013.[permanent dead link]
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