Ken Shipp

Ken Shipp
Personal information
Born:(1929-02-03)February 3, 1929
Old Hickory, Tennessee, U.S.
Died:March 5, 2012(2012-03-05) (aged 83)
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.
Career information
College:Middle Tennessee State
Position:Coach
Career history
As a coach:
Head coaching record
Career:1–4
Coaching stats at PFR

Kenneth Allen Shipp (February 3, 1929 – March 5, 2012) was an American college and professional football coach. He served as an offensive coordinator and receivers coach in the National Football League (NFL) and briefly as the interim head coach of the New York Jets during the 1975 season. He assumed the job after the firing of Charley Winner, who was 2–7 on the season. The team was 1–4 under Shipp.[1]

Shipp was noted for his sense of humor as an NFL coach.[2] He had stints at Trinity, Florida State, Tulsa, South Carolina and Miami before entering the NFL, where he had positions with St. Louis and New Orleans.[3] Archie Manning, whom Shipp coached in New Orleans, describes him as "a smart man and a good coach."[4] A 1947 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, he is the namesake of the Ken Shipp Endowed Scholarship at his alma mater[3] as well as the Ken Shipp Scholarship Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.[5]

  1. ^ Sprechman, Jordan (1998). This Day in New York Sports. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 324. ISBN 1-57167-254-0.
  2. ^ Zimmerman, Paul (July 11, 2002). "Tough as it is to admit, those were the days". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 8, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Todd, Kippy (December 21, 2007). "226 Former Blue Raider Player, College and Pro Coach Ken Shipp Donates $50,000". Retrieved April 8, 2008.
  4. ^ Manning, Archie (2001). Manning. HarperCollins. p. 99. ISBN 0-06-102024-9.
  5. ^ "The Community Foundation : News". Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2009.