- Born
- Birth nameWillie Edison Jeffries
- Nicknames
- Jeff
- W.E.
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Willie Jeffries was born on January 4, 1937 in Union, South Carolina, USA. He is married to Mary Jeffries. They have three children.
- SpouseMary Jeffries(? - present) (3 children)
- Received the Order of the Silver Crescent, South Carolina's highest award for outstanding community service. He also received the Order of the Palmetto, the state's highest civilian award.
- Compiled a 179-132-6 record during his 29-year coaching career.
- He won almost 60 percent of the college games he coached, which made him the "winningest" coach in the 107-year history of SCSU and owner of more MEAC victories than any other coach.
- NFL players that Jeffries coached include Donnie Shell, Harry Carson, Robert Porcher, Orlando Brown (nicknamed "Zeus"), Chartric Darby, Dextor Clinkscale, Jumpy Geathers and Anthony Cook.
- He was the first African American to coach Division I-A College Football when he took over at Wichita State University in 1979.
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