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1925–1927
  
Texas A&M

1948–1953
  
Education
  
Texas A&M University

1939–1947
  
Georgia (ends)

Died
  
May 20, 1964


1926–1928
  
Texas A&M

Role
  
1926–1928
  
Texas A&M

Name
  
Jules Sikes

Positions
  
Sport(s)
  
Football, basketball, baseball

Born
  
October 22, 1904 (
1904-10-22
)

Jules Verne Sikes (October 22, 1904 – May 20, 1964) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was a graduate of Texas A&M University where he was a three-sport star, lettering three years each in baseball, basketball and football. He played end for Dana X. Bible's Texas A&M football teams from 1925 to 1927 and was All-Southwest Conference and mentioned as All-American. He played minor league baseball with Shreveport, Louisiana of the Class A Texas League after college. Sikes was an assistant coach for ends at the University of Georgia in Wally Butts first year as head football coach in 1939 until leaving for Kansas after the 1947 season, interrupted by service in World War II. He coached the Kansas Jayhawks from 1948 to 1953, compiling a 35–25 record. He succeeded George Sauer who left Kansas for United States Naval Academy. From 1954 to 1963, he coached at East Texas State University, amassing a 63–34–4 record. The Lions won five Lone Star Conference championships during his tenure and won both the Tangerine Bowl twice, at the end of the 1957 and 1958 seasons. He was a proponent of the T formation.

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Jules V. Sikes Wikipedia


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