Z. N. Estes

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1877–1943)}}

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| name = Z. N. Estes

| image = ZNEstesJr.png

| alt =

| caption = Estes pictured c. early 1900s

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|12|6}}

| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|2|23|1877|12|6}}

| death_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

| alma_mater = University of Virginia{{cite book|title=Intercollegiate football: a complete pictorial and statistical review from 1869 to 1934|editor1=Walsh, C.|editor2=Whittle, G.|author=Intercollegiate Football, Inc. |location=Saint Paul, Minn. |date=1934 |publisher=Doubleday, Doran & Co. for Intercollegiate Football, Inc.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l19BAQAAIAAJ|access-date=April 1, 2015}}

| player_years1 = 1897

| player_team1 = Virginia

| coach_years1 = 1900

| coach_team1 = Ole Miss

| overall_record = 0–3

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}}

Zenas Newton Estes Jr. (December 6, 1877 – February 23, 1943) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 1900. During his one-season tenure at Ole Miss, Estes compiled an overall record of zero wins and three losses (0–3).{{Cite web |last=DeLassus |first=David |title=Z. N. Estes Records by Year |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=715 |access-date=February 19, 2012 |archive-date=February 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214174917/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=715 |url-status=dead }} In 1899, he graduated from the University of Virginia in law.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/universityofvirg02barr#page/378/mode/2up |title=University of Virginia : its history, influence, equipment and characteristics, with biographical sketches and portraits of founders, benefactors, officers and alumni|access-date=April 1, 2015}} He later worked as an attorney Memphis, Tennessee. He died of a heart attack in 1943.{{cite web |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11680-70214-43?cc=1417505&wc=8250617 |title=Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955 Image Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11680-70214-43 |publisher=familysearch.org|access-date=April 1, 2015}}