T. B. Ellis

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

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = T. B. Ellis

| image = TB_Ellis.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Ellis c. 1949

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|5|26}}

| birth_place = Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|3|15|1912|5|26}}

| death_place = Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1946–1951

| coach_team2 = Jackson State

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = 1949–1950

| coach_team4 = Jackson State

| overall_record = 32–24–3 (football)

| bowl_record =

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}}

Tellis Burthorne Ellis Jr.{{cite web|url=http://jacksonstate.wordpress.com/author/jacksonstate/page/47/ |title=Jackson State University | Jackson State University News Room | Page 47 |publisher=Jacksonstate.wordpress.com |access-date=August 1, 2013}} (May 26, 1912 – March 15, 2000) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the head football coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. He led the Tigers to a 24–21–3 record from 1946 to 1951 before being replaced by future College Football Hall of Fame coach John Merritt.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IMkAQAAIAAJ|title=The Blue Book of College Athletics|year=1968 |via=Google Books|access-date=August 1, 2013}}{{page needed|date=April 2017}} He was educated at Morehouse College and Boston University.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=36ZYE0NdIusC|title=Who's Who Among Black Americans|isbn=9780915130160 |via=Google Books|access-date=August 1, 2013|last1=Matney |first1=William C. |date=February 1978 }}{{page needed|date=April 2017}}

A gymnasium and the football training facility on JSU's campus are named in his honor.{{cite web|url=http://jsutigers.cstv.com/facilities/jast-facilities.html|title=Jackson State Athletics Facilities|publisher=JSUTigers.com|access-date=May 7, 2011}}