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{{Short description|American sports coach (1918–2002)}}
{{Infobox college coach
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jim Brakefield
| name = Jim Brakefield
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| alt =
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| caption =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|10|23}}
| sport = [[American football|Football]], [[baseball]]
| birth_place = [[Quinton, Alabama]] U.S.
| birth_date = c. 1919<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fTMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xMsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7382,188375&dq=jim+brakefield+appalachian&hl=en]</ref>
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|10|14|1918|10|23}}
| birth_place =
| death_place = [[Louisville, Kentucky]] U.S.
| death_date = 2002<ref>{{cite news|title=Stuart Wins Brakefield Academic Award
|author=Appalachian Sports Information|publisher=GoASU|date=2004-04-25|url=http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=1541050&SPID=12805&SPSID=104441}}</ref>
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_sport1 = Football
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| player_team2 = [[Centre Colonels football|Centre]]
| player_team2 = [[Centre Colonels football|Centre]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1950–1966
| coach_years2 = 1950–1952
| coach_team2 = [[Wofford Terriers football|Wofford]] (assistant)
| coach_team2 = [[Emory and Henry Wasps football|Emory and Henry]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1967–1970
| coach_years3 = 1953–1966
| coach_team3 = [[Wofford Terriers football|Wofford]]
| coach_team3 = [[Wofford Terriers football|Wofford]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1971–1979
| coach_years4 = 1967–1970
| coach_team4 = [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]]
| coach_team4 = [[Wofford Terriers football|Wofford]]
| coach_years5 = 1971–1979
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| coach_sport5 = Baseball
| coach_team5 = [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]]
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| coach_years6 = 1954–1967
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| coach_sport6 = Baseball
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| coach_team6 = [[Wofford Terriers baseball|Wofford]]
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| coach_years7 = 1954–1967
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| coach_team7 = [[Wofford Terriers baseball|Wofford]]
| overall_record = 75–64–4 (football)
| overall_record = 75–64–4 (football)
| bowl_record =
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| tournament_record = Football<br>1—1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)
| championships =
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| awards =
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}}
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'''Jim Brakefield''' (c. 1919–2002) was an [[American football]] player and coach of football and [[baseball]]. He served as the head football coach at [[Wofford College]] in [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]] from 1967 to 1970 and at [[Appalachian State University]] in [[Boone, North Carolina]] from 1971 1979, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 75–64–4.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Mike Flynn|title=Appalachian Football 2009 Media Guide|chapter=History and Traditions: All-Time Coaching Records|url=http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&KEY=&ATCLID=204766056|publisher=Appalachian Sports Information|format=PDF|year=2009|page=184}}</ref> Brakefield was also the head baseball coach at Wofford from 1954 to 1967.
'''James Andrew Brakefield''' (October 23, 1918 – October 14, 2002)<ref>{{cite news|title=Stuart Wins Brakefield Academic Award|author=Appalachian Sports Information|publisher=GoASU|date=April 25, 2004|url=http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=1541050&SPID=12805&SPSID=104441|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130124231243/http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=1541050&SPID=12805&SPSID=104441|archivedate=January 24, 2013}}</ref> was an [[American football]] and [[baseball]] coach. He served as the head football coach at [[Wofford College]] in [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]] from 1967 to 1970 and at [[Appalachian State University]] in [[Boone, North Carolina]] from 1971 to 1979, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 75–64–4.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Mike Flynn|title=Appalachian Football 2009 Media Guide|chapter=History and Traditions: All-Time Coaching Records|url=http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&KEY=&ATCLID=204766056|publisher=Appalachian Sports Information|format=PDF|year=2009|page=184}}</ref> Brakefield was also the head baseball coach at Wofford from 1954 to 1967. He was an assistant football coach for 17 seasons under [[Conley Snidow]] at [[Emory and Henry College]] in [[Emory, Virginia]] and at Wofford.<ref>{{cite news |last=Huber |first=Jim |title=Jim Brakefield Gets Post At Appalachian |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fTMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xMsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7382,188375 |newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] |location=[[Spartanburg, South Carolina]] |date=January 2, 1971 |page=7 |access-date=January 26, 2019 |via=[[Google News]] }}</ref>


==Head coaching record==
==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Wofford Terriers]]
| name = [[Wofford Terriers]]
| conf = [[NAIA independent schools|NAIA independent]]
| conf = [[NAIA independent football schools|NAIA / NAIA Division I independent]]
| startyear = 1967
| startyear = 1967
| endyear = 1970
| endyear = 1970
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1970 NAIA football season|1970]]
| year = [[1970 NAIA Division I football season|1970]]
| name = Wofford
| name = Wofford
| overall = 11–1
| overall = 11–1
| conference =
| conference =
| confstanding =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowlname = [[NAIA Football National Championship|NAIA Division I Championship]]
| bowloutcome =
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = no
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State Mountaineers]]
| name = [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State Mountaineers]]
| conf = NCAA College Division independent
| conf = [[NCAA College Division|NCAA College Division independent]]
| startyear = 1971
| startyear = 1971
| endyear = single
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| championship =
| year = 1971
| year = [[1971 NCAA College Division football season|1971]]
| name = Appalachian State
| name = [[1971 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
| overall = 7–3–1
| overall = 7–3–1
| conference =
| conference =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1972 college football season|1972]]
| year = [[1972 NCAA University Division football season|1972]]
| name = Appalachian State
| name = [[1972 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
| overall = 5–5–1
| overall = 5–5–1
| conference = 0–3–1
| conference = 0–3–1
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1973 NCAA Division I football season|1973]]
| year = [[1973 NCAA Division I football season|1973]]
| name = Appalachian State
| name = [[1973 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
| overall = 3–7–1
| overall = 3–7–1
| conference = 2–2
| conference = 2–2
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1974 NCAA Division I football season|1974]]
| year = [[1974 NCAA Division I football season|1974]]
| name = Appalachian State
| name = [[1974 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
| overall = 6–5
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–1
| conference = 4–1
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1975 NCAA Division I football season|1975]]
| year = [[1975 NCAA Division I football season|1975]]
| name = Appalachian State
| name = [[1975 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
| overall = 8–3
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 3–2
| conference = 3–2
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1976 NCAA Division I football season|1976]]
| year = [[1976 NCAA Division I football season|1976]]
| name = Appalachian State
| name = [[1976 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
| overall = 6–4–1
| overall = 6–4–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| conference = 2–2–1
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1977 NCAA Division I football season|1977]]
| year = [[1977 NCAA Division I football season|1977]]
| name = Appalachian State
| name = [[1977 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
| overall = 2–9
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–4
| conference = 1–4
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1978 NCAA Division I-A football season|1978]]
| year = [[1978 NCAA Division I-A football season|1978]]
| name = Appalachian State
| name = [[1978 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
| overall = 7–4
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 4–2
| conference = 4–2
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1979 NCAA Division I-A football season|1979]]
| year = [[1979 NCAA Division I-A football season|1979]]
| name = Appalachian State
| name = [[1979 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
| overall = 3–8
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–4
| conference = 3–4
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[[Category:Centre Colonels football players]]
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[[Category:Emory and Henry Wasps football coaches]]
[[Category:Wofford Terriers baseball coaches]]
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[[Category:People from Walker County, Alabama]]



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Revision as of 16:47, 30 May 2023

Jim Brakefield
Biographical details
Born(1918-10-23)October 23, 1918
Quinton, Alabama U.S.
DiedOctober 14, 2002(2002-10-14) (aged 83)
Louisville, Kentucky U.S.
Playing career
Football
1940Centre
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1950–1952Emory and Henry (assistant)
1953–1966Wofford (assistant)
1967–1970Wofford
1971–1979Appalachian State
Baseball
1954–1967Wofford
Head coaching record
Overall75–64–4 (football)
TournamentsFootball
1—1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)

James Andrew Brakefield (October 23, 1918 – October 14, 2002)[1] was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina from 1967 to 1970 and at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina from 1971 to 1979, compiling a career college football record of 75–64–4.[2] Brakefield was also the head baseball coach at Wofford from 1954 to 1967. He was an assistant football coach for 17 seasons under Conley Snidow at Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia and at Wofford.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Wofford Terriers (NAIA / NAIA Division I independent) (1967–1970)
1967 Wofford 4–6
1968 Wofford 4–7
1969 Wofford 9–2
1970 Wofford 11–1 L NAIA Division I Championship
Wofford: 28–16
Appalachian State Mountaineers (NCAA College Division independent) (1971)
1971 Appalachian State 7–3–1
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Southern Conference) (1972–1979)
1972 Appalachian State 5–5–1 0–3–1 8th
1973 Appalachian State 3–7–1 2–2 5th
1974 Appalachian State 6–5 4–1 2nd
1975 Appalachian State 8–3 3–2 3rd
1976 Appalachian State 6–4–1 2–2–1 3rd
1977 Appalachian State 2–9 1–4 6th
1978 Appalachian State 7–4 4–2 3rd
1979 Appalachian State 3–8 3–4 5th
Appalachian State: 47–48–4 19–20–2
Total: 75–64–4

References

  1. ^ Appalachian Sports Information (April 25, 2004). "Stuart Wins Brakefield Academic Award". GoASU. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013.
  2. ^ Mike Flynn, ed. (2009). "History and Traditions: All-Time Coaching Records". Appalachian Football 2009 Media Guide (PDF). Appalachian Sports Information. p. 184.
  3. ^ Huber, Jim (January 2, 1971). "Jim Brakefield Gets Post At Appalachian". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. p. 7. Retrieved January 26, 2019 – via Google News.
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