Irby Koffman

{{Short description|American football coach and public school superintendent}}

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| name = Irby Koffman

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|3|15}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|11|18|1899|3|15}}

| death_place = Edison, New Jersey, U.S.

| alma_mater = Murray State

| coach_years1 = 1924

| coach_team1 = Murray State

| overall_record = 3–3–3

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Irby Harvy Koffman (March 15, 1899 – November 18, 1968) was an American college football coach and a public school superintendent.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21475954/the_jackson_sun_jackson_tennessee/|title=Irby H. Koffman Rites Wednesday|publisher=The Jackson Sun|date=November 19, 1968|access-date=April 24, 2019}} He was the first head football coach at Murray State University–then known as Murray State College–serving for one season, in 1924, and compiling record of 3–3–3.{{cite web|url=https://static.goracers.com/custompages/Media%20Guides/football/2018/18results.pdf|title=Results|publisher=Murray State Racers football|access-date=April 24, 2019}} After leaving coaching, Koffman served as a public school superintendent at several schools, including one in Gibson County, Tennessee from 1934 to 1939.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5ZLccjDhiAC|title=Past and Present|year=1932|publisher=Turner Publishing Company|access-date=April 24, 2019}}