Playing career | |
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1962–1963 | San Jose State |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1968–1972 | San Jose State (assistant) |
1973–1975 | Oberlin |
1976–1977 | Morris Brown |
1978–1980 | Southern |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 37–37–2 |
Cass Jackson is a former American football coach and player. Hired in 1973 to become the head football coach at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, he became one of the first African-American head football coaches at a predominantly white college.[1] Jackson later served as the head coach at Morris Brown College from 1976 to 1977 and at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1978 to 1980.[2] He played college football at San Jose State University, where he was a running back on the 1962 and 1963 teams.[3][4]