Cecil Coleman

Cecil Coleman
Biographical details
Born	April 12, 1924
Died	February 27, 1988 (aged 63); Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
1946–1949	Arizona State
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950–1955	North HS (AZ)
1956	Long Beach
1957–1958	Arizona State (assistant)
1959–1963	Fresno State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1963–1971	Fresno State
1971–1972	Wichita State
1972–1979	Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall	37–13 (college); 6–3 (junior college)
Bowls	1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2 CCAA (1959–1961)

Cecil Noble Coleman Jr. (April 12, 1924 – February 27, 1988) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State College—now known as California State University, Fresno—from 1959 to 1963, compiling a record of 37–13. Coleman was the athletic director at Fresno State from 1963 to 1971, at Wichita State University from 1971 to 1972, and at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1972 to 1979.

Coleman played college football at Arizona State University, from which he graduated in 1950. He was the starting quarterback for the Sun Devils and captain of the 1949 Arizona State Sun Devils football team. Coleman began his coaching career in 1950 at North High School in Phoenix, Arizona. He coached there for six seasons before moving on to Long Beach City College in 1956. Coleman returned to his alma mater, Arizona State, in 1957 and worked as an assistant under head coach Dan Devine for two seasons.^[1]

Coleman died at the age of 63, on February 27, 1988, at the Carle Clinic in Urbana, Illinois.^[2]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP^#	UPI^°
Fresno State Bulldogs (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1959–1963)
1959	Fresno State	7–3	5–0	1st
1960	Fresno State	9–1	5–0	1st			9
1961	Fresno State	10–0	5–0	1st	W Mercy	3	5
1962	Fresno State	7–3	4–1	2nd		8	7
1963	Fresno State	4–6	2–2	4th
Fresno State:		37–13	21–3
Total:		37–13
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Long Beach Vikings (Metropolitan Conference) (1956)
1956	Long Beach	6–3	4–3	T–4th
Long Beach:		6–3	4–3
Total:		6–3