- Collection:
- Tom Crosby’s Rosenwald School Oral History Collection, 2006-2011
- Title:
- Willie Jeffries oral history interview, 2007 February 14
- Creator:
- Jeffries, Willie, 1937-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Crosby, Tom, 1940-
South Caroliniana Library. Office of Oral History - Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library
- Date of Original:
- 2007-02-14
- Subject:
- Jeffries, Willie, 1937---Interviews
Sims High School (Union, S.C.)--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews
High school athletes--South Carolina--Union County--History
African American football coaches--South Carolina--Interviews
African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century
African American schools--South Carolina--Union County--History--20th century
African Americans--Education--South Carolina--History--20th century
African Americans--South Carolina--Interviews - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Union County, 34.68928, -81.61942
United States, South Carolina, Union County, Union, McBeth Elementary School
United States, South Carolina, Union County, Union, Sims High School, 34.70097, -81.6101 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- In this oral history interview, Willie E. Jeffries discusses his educational experiences at McBeth Elementary and Sims High School (Union County, South Carolina) playing sports, the influence of his teachers, principals, and coaches, Rosenwald Day celebrations including a song, Indiana University, South Carolina State College (now South Carolina State University) Granard School (Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC), his career coaching football at North Carolina A&T University, University of Pittsburgh, South Carolina State, Wichita State University, and Howard University, becoming the first African-American head coach of a NCAA Division I football program (Wichita State) in 1979. Willie Edison Jeffries was born in 1937. In 1979, Jeffries became the first African-American head coach of a NCAA Division I football program (Wichita State). He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010. Tom Crosby interviewed Willie Jeffries on February 14, 2007. Interview covers Jeffries' education at McBeth Elementary School from 1943 to 1951 and at Sims High School from 1952 to 1956.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tomcrosbystr/id/86
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright: University of South Carolina. The transcript and audio are provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction, and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, 910 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208
- Extent:
- 1 sound disc (38 min., 28 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.;1 audiocassette (38 min., 28 sec.) : stereo. ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Tom Crosby oral history collection, 2006-2011
Jeffries, Willie 14Feb2006 CROS 005 - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
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