J. W. Stephenson

{{Short description|American football, basketball and baseball coach}}

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| name = J. W. Stephenson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|9|2}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|11|22|1883|9|2}}

| death_place = Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.

| alma_mater = Alabama (BS)
Columbia (MS)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1920–1921

| coach_team2 = Jacksonville State

| coach_years3 = 1928

| coach_team3 = Jacksonville HS (AL)

| coach_years4 = 1929–1930

| coach_team4 = Jacksonville State

| coach_sport5 = Basketball

| coach_years6 = 1928–1951

| coach_team6 = Jacksonville State

| coach_sport7 = Baseball

| coach_years8 = 1948–1954

| coach_team8 = Jacksonville State

| overall_record = 21–9–4 (college football)
225–47 (college basketball)
69–41 (college baseball)

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Julian Wilson Stephenson (September 2, 1883 – November 22, 1964) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Jacksonville State Normal School—now known as Jacksonville State University—in Jacksonville, Alabama from 1920 to 1921 and again from 1929 to 1930, compiling a record of 21–9–4. Stephenson was also the head basketball coach at Jacksonville State from 1928 to 1951, and school's head baseball coach from 1948 to 1954.{{Cite web |title=J.W. Stephenson (1972) - Hall of Fame |url=https://jaxstatesports.com/honors/hall-of-fame/j-w-stephenson/1 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Jacksonville State University Athletics |language=en}}

Stephenson was a student at the University of Alabama.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uJfOAAAAMAAJ|title=Catalogue of the University of Alabama|year=1919|publisher=University of Alabama|access-date=December 30, 2018}} He was also the head football coach at Jacksonville High School in 1928.{{cite web|url=http://www.ahsfhs.org/teams2/coachestop1.asp?Coach=Julian%20Stephenson&Team=Jacksonville|title=Julian Stephenson|publisher=ahsfhs.org|access-date=December 30, 2018}} Stephenson was the brother of Alabama football star and Major League Baseball player Riggs Stephenson. He died on November 22, 1964, at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama.{{cite news |author= |title=J. W. Stephenson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30794579/messengerinquirer/ |newspaper=Messenger-Inquirer |location=Owensboro, Kentucky |date=November 23, 1964 |page=8 |access-date=April 20, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}