Caesar Felton Gayles

Caesar Felton Gayles
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Born	(1900-05-22)May 22, 1900 Mississippi
Died	November 1986 (aged 86) Oklahoma
Alma mater	Morehouse
Playing career
1920–1924	Morehouse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1927	Tennessee A&I
1928–1929	Arkansas–Pine Bluff
1930–1957	Langston
Basketball
1930–1955	Langston
Head coaching record
Overall	155–89–23 (football) 571–281 (basketball)

College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2015

Caesar Felton "Zip" Gayles (May 22, 1900 – November 1986) was an American football and basketball coach.^[1] He was inducted into the Oklahoma Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974, and the NAIA Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1986^[2]

Coaching career

Tennessee A&I

After graduating, Gayles took a faculty and coaching position at Agricultural and Industrial State College in Nashville, Tennessee, now called Tennessee State University.^[2] As the fourth head coach of the football team in 1927 he led the squad to a record of 1 win, 2 losses, and 3 ties.^[3]

Some records list his name as "Felton Gale" at this time but other records confirm that "Felton Gale" and "Caesar Felton Gayles" are indeed the same person.^[2]

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

Gayles was the head football coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He held that position for the 1928 and 1929 seasons.^[4] His coaching record at Arkansas-Pine Bluff was 8 wins, 9 losses and 2 ties.

Langston

Gayles coached for 35 years at Langston University. As the basketball coach from 1930 to 1965, his teams compiled a record of 571 wins and 281 losses. He also was the football coach for 28 seasons from 1930 to 1957, finishing with a record of 146–78–18. His teams were National Negro champions twice in both basketball and football.^[5]

References

↑ "On The Road Again And Again And...". Sports illustrated. April 22, 1985. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
1 2 3 "Caesar "Zip" Gayles". The Jim Thorpe Association. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
↑ "2013 Football Media Guide". Tennessee State Tigers athletic department. p. 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
↑ Shafer, Ian. "Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
↑ Hersom, Bob (August 14, 2008). "Zip Gayles never got his chance against Iba's team". NewsOK.com. Retrieved December 18, 2013.

External links

Caesar Felton Gayles at the College Football Data Warehouse

Tennessee State Tigers head football coaches

Buck Hunt (1916)
No team (1917–1921)
Joe E. Scruggs (1922–1924)
George Davenport (1925–1926)
Caesar Felton Gayles (1927)
Harry Long (1928)
Alton Jackson (1929)
T. D. Upshaw (1930–1931)
Unknown (1932)
Walter S. Davis (1933–1936)
Reubin Munday (1937–1939)
Unknown (1940)
No team (1941–1943)
Henry Kean (1944–1954)
Howard C. Gentry (1955–1960)
Lawrence Simmons (1961–1962)
John Merritt (1963–1983)
William A. Thomas (1984–1988)
Joe Gilliam, Sr. (1989–1992)
Bill Davis (1993–1995)
L. C. Cole (1996–1999)
James Reese (2000–2004)
James Webster (2005–2009)
Rod Reed (2010– )

Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions head football coaches

Unknown (1923–1925)
No team (1926–1927)
Caesar Felton Gayles (1928–1929)
James Lytle (1930–1931)
James W. Hazzard (1932–1934)
James McCaray (1935–1936)
William S. Taylor (1937–1940)
Unknown (1941)
No team (1942–1943)
Chester Hynes (1944–1945)
Lamar Allen (1946–1949)
Roland K. Bernard (1950–1952)
Leroy Moore (1953–1955)
Charles Spearman (1956–1961)
Vanette W. Johnson (1962–1972)
Donzell Young (1973–1975)
James Shaw (1976–1979)
Ben McGee (1980–1983)
Donzell Young (1984–1986)
Archie Cooley (1987–1990)
Lee Hardman (1991–2004)
Mo Forte (2005–2007)
Monte Coleman (2008– )

Langston Lions head football coaches

Unknown (1909)
No team (1910–1921)
Unknown (1922–1930)
Caesar Felton Gayles (1931–1958)
Tim M. Crisp (1959–1963)
No team (1964–1976)
Charles W. Moore (1977)
Roosevelt Nivens (1978–1981)
Willie Hurte (1982–1985)
Ron Aiken (1986–1990)
Greg Johnson (1991–1996)
Theodore Alexander (1997–2001)
Harold E. Johnson (2002–2003)
Greg Johnson (2004–2010)
Mickey Joseph (2011–2012)
Dwone S. Sanders (2013–2015)
Quinton Morgan (2016– )

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