Cliff Long
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 5, 1918 Edna, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | August 2, 1999 (aged 80) Coffeyville, Kansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| c. 1937 | Coffeyville |
| c. 1939 | Baker |
| 1943–1945 | Fort Warren |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1943–1945 | Fort Warren (assistant) |
| 1946–1948 | Coffeyville (backfield) |
| 1949–1956 | Coffeyville |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1975–1978 | KJJCC/KJCCC (commissioner) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Bowls | 1–0 (junior college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 NJCAA National (1956) 3 KJCC (1953–1954, 1956) 3 KJCC East Division (1949–1951) | |
Clifford D. Long (August 5, 1918 – August 2, 1999) was an American football coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Coffeyville Junior College—now known as Coffeyville Community College—in Coffeyville, Kansas from 1949 to 1950. He led his 1956 Coffeyville Red Ravens football team to a NJCAA National Football Championship.
Long attended high school in Edna, Kansas and was a three-sport athlete at Coffeyville and Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. During World War II, he coach football and basketball at Fort Warren in Wyoming. Long returned to Coffeyville in 1946 and was backfield coach for three seasons before succeeding Demp Cannon as head football coach in 1949.[1]
Long left Coffeyville Junior College in 1957 to become the principal at Roosevelt Junior High School, also located in Coffeyville.[2] He later became assistant superintendent of Coffeyville's publics schools until 1964, when he resigned to the take the position of director of extension and alumni public relations at Kansas State College of Pittsburg—now known as Pittsburg State University—Pittsburg, Kansas.[3]
In 1975, Long was appointed commissioner of the Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference (KJJCC)—now known as the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC).[4] He served in that role until resigning in 1978.[5]
Long died on August 2, 1999.[6]
Head coaching record[edit]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffeyville Red Ravens (Kansas Junior College Conference) (1949–1956) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Coffeyville | 5–0 | 1st (East) | ||||||
| 1950 | Coffeyville | 5–0 | 1st (East) | ||||||
| 1951 | Coffeyville | 3–0–1 | 1st (East) | ||||||
| 1952 | Coffeyville | 1–2–1 | 6th | ||||||
| 1953 | Coffeyville | 4–2 | T–1st | ||||||
| 1954 | Coffeyville | 6–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1955 | Coffeyville | 6–2 | T–2nd | ||||||
| 1956 | Coffeyville | 11–0–1 | 8–0 | 1st | W National Bowl | ||||
| Coffeyville: | 38–7–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Cliff Long Takes Coffeyville Job". The Iola Register. Iola, Kansas. Associated Press. April 8, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Coach Now A Principal". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. Associated Press. March 5, 1957. p. 14. Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "To Pittsburg Post". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. Associated Press. June 29, 1964. p. 30. Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Pittsburgh's Long Named to Head Juco League". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. Associated Press. March 14, 1975. p. 4C. Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Jawyhawk Juco Commissioner Resigns Post". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. Associated Press. October 21, 1978. p. 3D. Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Clifford D. Long". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. August 4, 1999. p. 10A. Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference All-Time Football Standings" (PDF). Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. pp. 2–3. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
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