Clifford Paul
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Clifford Paul
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Circa|1931}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = NYU
Florida A&M
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1960–1961
| coach_team2 = Edward Waters (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1962–1964
| coach_team3 = Edward Waters
| coach_years4 = 1965–1969
| coach_team4 = Texas Southern
| coach_sport5 = Track
| coach_years6 = c. 1962–1964
| coach_team6 = Edward Waters
| admin_years1 = 1960–1965
| admin_team1 = Edward Waters
| overall_record = 52–20–4 (football)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
3 SEAC (1962–1964)
1 SWAC (1968)
| awards = Football
SEAC Coach of the Year (1964)
Track
3× SEAC Coach of the Year (1962–1964)
Football (1964)
| coaching_records =
}}
Clifford "Jack" Paul (born {{Circa|1931}}) is an American former college football and track coach. He served as the head football coach at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1965, he was hired as the head football coach at Texas Southern University,{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=msEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|title=Florida Grid Coach Transfers to Texas Southern|magazine=Jet|date=June 10, 1965|author=|access-date=January 6, 2020}} where he remained for five seasons.{{cite web|url=https://tsusports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=50&path=football|title=Football All-Time Results|publisher=Texas Southern Tigers|access-date=January 7, 2020}} He was fired from his post at Texas Southern on June 30, 1970.{{cite news |author= |title=T-Southern Fires Clifford Paul |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal/142841256/ |newspaper=Longview Morning Journal |location=Longview, Texas |agency=United Press International |date=July 1, 1970 |page=2C |access-date=March 6, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
=Football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Edward Waters Tigers
| conf = Southeastern Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1962
| endyear = 1964
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1962
| name = Edward Waters
| overall = 8–1
| conference =
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1963
| name = Edward Waters
| overall = 8–1
| conference =
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1964
| name = Edward Waters
| overall = 9–0
| conference = 2–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Edward Waters
| overall = 25–2
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Texas Southern Tigers
| conf = Southwestern Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1965
| endyear = 1970
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = Texas Southern
| overall = 5–4–1
| conference = 4–2–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1966
| name = Texas Southern
| overall = 5–4–1
| conference = 4–2–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1967
| name = Texas Southern
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1968
| name = Texas Southern
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1969
| name = Texas Southern
| overall = 4–3–2
| conference = 3–3–1
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Texas Southern
| overall = 27–18–4
| confrecord = 22–10–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 52–20–4
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{Edward Waters Tigers football coach navbox}}
{{Texas Southern Tigers football coach navbox}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Edward Waters Tigers athletic directors
Category:Edward Waters Tigers football coaches
Category:Texas Southern Tigers football coaches
Category:College track and field coaches in the United States
Category:Florida A&M University alumni
Category:New York University alumni
Category:African-American coaches of American football
Category:African-American college athletic directors in the United States