Jules V. Sikes

Jules Verne "Siki" Sikes (October 22, 1904 – May 20, 1964) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was a graduate of Texas A&M University where he was a three-sport star, lettering three years each in baseball, basketball and football. He played end for Dana X. Bible's Texas A&M football teams from 1925 to 1927 and was All-Southwest Conference and mentioned as All-American. He played minor league baseball with Shreveport, Louisiana of the Class A Texas League after college. Sikes was an assistant coach for ends at the University of Georgia in Wally Butts first year as head football coach in 1939 until leaving for Kansas after the 1947 season, interrupted by service in World War II. He coached the Kansas Jayhawks from 1948 to 1953, compiling a 35–25 record. He succeeded George Sauer who left Kansas for United States Naval Academy. From 1954 to 1963, he coached at East Texas State University, amassing a 63–34–4 record. The Lions won five Lone Star Conference championships during his tenure and won both the Tangerine Bowl twice, at the end of the 1957 and 1958 seasons. He was a proponent of the T formation.

Jules V. Sikes
Biographical details
Born(1904-10-22)October 22, 1904
Leonard, Texas, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 1964(1964-05-20) (aged 59)
Commerce, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1925–1927Texas A&M
Basketball
1926–1928Texas A&M
Baseball
1926–1928Texas A&M
Position(s)End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1928Blinn JC
1929–1930Burleson
1935–1937Texas A&M (assistant)
1938–1942Georgia (ends)
1943Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (assistant)
1944Saint Mary's Pre-Flight
1945–1947Georgia (ends)
1948–1953Kansas
1954–1963East Texas State
Basketball
1928–1929Blinn JC
1930–1931East Texas State (freshmen)
1931–1935East Texas State
Baseball
1929Blinn JC
1936–1937Texas A&M
1938–1942Georgia
1946–1947Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall102–63–4 (college football)
36–37 (college basketball)
126–79–3 (college baseball)
Bowls2–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
5 LSC (1954–1955, 1957–1959)

Baseball
1 SWC (1937)

Sikes died on May 20, 1964, in Commerce, Texas, after collapsing on the golf course at East Texas State.[1]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (Independent) (1944)
1944 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight 4–419
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight: 4–4
Kansas Jayhawks (Big Seven Conference) (1948–1953)
1948 Kansas 7–34–23rd
1949 Kansas 5–52–45th
1950 Kansas 6–43–34th
1951 Kansas 8–24–23rd20
1952 Kansas 7–33–34th
1953 Kansas 2–82–4T–4th
Kansas: 35–2518–18
East Texas State Lions (Lone Star Conference) (1954–1963)
1954 East Texas State 6–3–15–0–1T–1st
1955 East Texas State 5–4–15–1T–1st
1956 East Texas State 2–81–56th
1957 East Texas State 9–16–11stW Tangerine
1958 East Texas State 10–16–11stW Tangerine
1959 East Texas State 9–16–1T–1st
1960 East Texas State 6–45–2T–2nd
1961 East Texas State 3–63–45th
1962 East Texas State 5–4–13–3–15th
1963 East Texas State 7–2–14–2T–2nd
East Texas State: 63–34–446–20–2
Total:102–63–4
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "Jules Sikes, ETSC Grid Coach, Dies". The Waxahachie Daily Light. Waxahachie, Texas. United Press International. May 21, 1964. p. 4. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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