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Cass Jackson

Cass Jackson

American football player and coach

Cass Jackson is a former American football coach and player. Hired in 1973 to become the head football coach at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, he became one of the first African-American head football coaches at a predominantly white college.[1] Jackson later served as the head coach at Morris Brown College from 1976 to 1977 and at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1978 to 1980.[2] He played college football at San Jose State University, where he was a running back on the 1962 and 1963 teams.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Kaplan, Maxine (May 7, 2004). "Athletics employed radical". Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "New Coach for Southern U." New York Times. January 7, 1978. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Cass Jackson". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.


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