Jim Brakefield

Jim Brakefield
Biographical details
Born	October 23, 1918; Quinton, Alabama U.S.
Died	October 14, 2002 (aged 83); Louisville, Kentucky U.S.
Playing career
Football
1940	Centre
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1950–1952	Emory and Henry (assistant)
1953–1966	Wofford (assistant)
1967–1970	Wofford
1971–1979	Appalachian State
Baseball
1954–1967	Wofford
Head coaching record
Overall	75–64–4 (football)
Tournaments	Football; 1—1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)

James Andrew Brakefield (October 23, 1918 – October 14, 2002)^[1] was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina from 1967 to 1970 and at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina from 1971 to 1979, compiling a career college football record of 75–64–4.^[2] Brakefield was also the head baseball coach at Wofford from 1954 to 1967. He was an assistant football coach for 17 seasons under Conley Snidow at Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia and at Wofford.^[3]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Wofford Terriers (NAIA / NAIA Division I independent) (1967–1970)
1967	Wofford	4–6
1968	Wofford	4–7
1969	Wofford	9–2
1970	Wofford	11–1			L NAIA Division I Championship
Wofford:		28–16
Appalachian State Mountaineers (NCAA College Division independent) (1971)
1971	Appalachian State	7–3–1
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Southern Conference) (1972–1979)
1972	Appalachian State	5–5–1	0–3–1	8th
1973	Appalachian State	3–7–1	2–2	5th
1974	Appalachian State	6–5	4–1	2nd
1975	Appalachian State	8–3	3–2	3rd
1976	Appalachian State	6–4–1	2–2–1	3rd
1977	Appalachian State	2–9	1–4	6th
1978	Appalachian State	7–4	4–2	3rd
1979	Appalachian State	3–8	3–4	5th
Appalachian State:		47–48–4	19–20–2
Total:		75–64–4

^ Appalachian Sports Information (April 25, 2004). "Stuart Wins Brakefield Academic Award". GoASU. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013.
^ Mike Flynn, ed. (2009). "History and Traditions: All-Time Coaching Records". Appalachian Football 2009 Media Guide (PDF). Appalachian Sports Information. p. 184.
^ Huber, Jim (January 2, 1971). "Jim Brakefield Gets Post At Appalachian". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. p. 7. Retrieved January 26, 2019 – via Google News.