American football player and coach (born 1966)
Buddy Stephens Title Head coach Team East Mississippi Conference MACJC Record 143–24 Born (1966-09-06 ) September 6, 1966 (age 58) Huntsville, Alabama , U.S.? Delta State
Position(s) Offensive lineman 2001–2007 Pearl River (assistant)2008–present East Mississippi
Overall 143–24 Bowls 7–0 5 NJCAA National (2011, 2013–2014, 2017–2018) 9 MACJC/MACCC (2009, 2011, 2013–2014, 2016–2018, 2022–2023) 12 MACJC/MACCC North Division (2008–2009, 2011–2018, 2021, 2023)
Wofford Oran "Buddy " Stephens Jr. is an American junior college football coach. He is the head football coach at East Mississippi Community College ,[ 1] where he has won five NJCAA National Football Championships and coached future National Football League (NFL) players such as Chad Kelly , Jarran Reed and Dakota Allen .
Stephens is known as the head coach from the first two seasons of the Netflix series Last Chance U . He has won more games at EMCC than any other coach in history.
Head coaching record
Year
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Bowl/playoffs
NJCAA#
East Mississippi Lions (Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges / Community Colleges Conference ) (2008–present)
2008
East Mississippi
8–2
6–0
1st (North)
2009
East Mississippi
11–1
6–0
1st (North)
W Mississippi Bowl
4
2010
East Mississippi
5–5
4–2
2nd (North)
2011
East Mississippi
12–0
6–0
1st (North)
W El Toro Bowl
1
2012
East Mississippi
8–2
5–1
1st (North)
15
2013
East Mississippi
12–0
6–0
1st (North)
W Mississippi Bowl
1
2014
East Mississippi
12–0
6–0
1st (North)
W Mississippi Bowl
1
2015
East Mississippi
8–1
6–0
1st (North)
7
2016
East Mississippi
11–1
6–0
1st (North)
W Mississippi Bowl
2017
East Mississippi
11–1
8–1
1st (North)
W Mississippi Bowl
1
2018
East Mississippi
12–0
6–0
1st (North)
W NJCAA championship game
1
2019
East Mississippi
6–4
4–2
(North)
2020–21
No team—COVID-19
2021
East Mississippi
9–1
6–0
1st (North)
6
2022
East Mississippi
8–3
4–2
2nd (North)
2023
East Mississippi
10–3
6–0
1st (North)
L NJCAA championship game
2
2024
East Mississippi
0–0
0–0
(North)
East Mississippi:
143–24
85–8
Total:
143–24
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
# Rankings from NJCAA poll.
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