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Boyd Converse

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Boyd Converse
Biographical details
Born(1932-02-18)February 18, 1932
Milburn, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedMay 31, 2010(2010-05-31) (aged 78)
Tishomingo, Oklahoma, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1952Southeastern State
Basketball
c. 1952Southeastern State
Baseball
c. 1952Southeastern State
Position(s)End (football)
Guard (basketball)
Pitcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1954Fort Huachuca (assistant)
1957Paris (assistant)
1958–1961Paris
1964–1966Kilgore
1967Wichita State
Basketball
1956–1967East Texas State (assistant)
1957–1962Paris
1962–1963Baylor (freshmen)
Baseball
c. 1954Fort Huachuca
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1972–1989Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Head coaching record
Overall2–7–1 (college football)
41–27–2 (junior college football)
Bowls2–0 (junior college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 NJCAA National (1966)
1 TJCFF (1966)

Boyd Franklin "Cotton" Converse (February 18, 1932 – May 31, 2010) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Wichita State University for one season in 1967, compiling a record of 2–7–1. Converse was also the head football coach at Paris Junior College in Paris, Texas from 1958 to 1961 and Kilgore College in iKilgore, Texas. At Kilgore, he led his 1966 team to the NJCAA National Football Championship. Converse was the athletic director at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College from 1972 to 1989.

Converse attended Southeastern State College—now known as Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where he won 11 varsity letters in three sports. He played football as an end, basketball as a guard and baseball as a pitcher. After graduating from Southeastern State, Converse served in the United States Army. At Fort Huachuca in Cochise County, Arizona, he was an assistant football coach and head baseball coach. Following to years in the army, Converse went to East Texas State Teachers College—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce to pursue a master's degree and work as an assistant basketball coach. In early 1957, Converse was hired at Paris Junior College as head basketball coach and line coach for the football team under head coach Dee Alexander.[1]

Converse succeeded Alexander as head football coach at Paris in 1958, and led the team to a record of 20–19–1 in four seasons before the program was disbanded. He remained head basketball coach at Paris through 1962 and then went to Baylor University as coach of the freshmen basketball team.[2]

Converse died in 2010 after a long illness.[3][4][5]

Head coaching record

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College football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Wichita State Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1967)
1967 Wichita State 2–7–1 0–4 5th
Wichita State: 2–7–1 0–4
Total: 2–7–1

Junior college football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Paris Dragons (Texas Eastern Conference) (1958–1961)
1958 Paris 3–5–1 0–3 4th
1959 Paris 3–6 1–2 3rd
1960 Paris 6–4 4–4 T–2nd
1961 Paris 5–5 3–5 4th
Paris: 17–20–1 8–14
Kilgore Rangers (Texas Junior College Football Federation) (1964–1966)
1964 Kilgore 6–3–1 4–3–1 4th
1965 Kilgore 8–3 4–3 T–2nd W El Karubah Shrine Bowl
1966 Kilgore 10–1 6–1 T–1st W Shrine Bowl
Kilgore: 24–7–1 14–7–1
Total: 41–27–2
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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  1. ^ Thompson, Bill (February 19, 1957). "Billboard". The Paris News. Paris, Texas. p. 7. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ Allen, Ted (December 8, 1963). "Boyd Converse Named Kilgore College Coach". Kilgore News Herald. Kilgore, Texas. p. 2. Retrieved May 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Former NEO athletic director Converse dies » The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO". Joplinglobe.com. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "In Memory of Dr. Boyd F. Converse". Clarkfuneralservice.net. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  5. ^ "Southeastern's Boyd Converse dies". Prosperpressnews.com. Retrieved March 23, 2013.[permanent dead link]