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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1912–1979)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Joe T. Coleman
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|11|5}}
| birth_place = [[Tyler, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|9|4|1912|11|5}}
| death_place = [[Odessa, Texas]], U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1934
| player_team1 = [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]]
| coach_years1 = 1938–1941
| coach_team1 = [[Odessa High School (Texas)|Odessa HS (TX)]]
| coach_years2 = 1946–1950
| coach_team2 = [[Odessa High School (Texas)|Odessa HS (TX)]]
| coach_years3 = 1951–1952
| coach_team3 = [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico A&M]]
| overall_record = 3–15–1 (college)
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'''Joseph T. Coleman''' (November 5, 1912 – September 5, 1979) was an [[American football]] player and coach.
He played college football, basketball, and baseball at [[Texas Christian University]] (TCU) and was captain and [[quarterback]] of the [[1934 TCU Horned Frogs football team|1934 team]].<ref name=JTC/>
He was a high school coach in [[Odessa, Texas]], from 1938 to 1941 and 1946 to 1950, where he coached future [[Iowa Hawkeyes football]] coaching legend [[Hayden Fry]].<ref>{{cite news|title=OHS JV Wins, 17-3|newspaper=The Odessa American|date=October 25, 1974|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38421658/ohs_jv_wins_173/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> His 1946 team was undefeated and won the Texas state championship and compiled a 77–18–3 record at Odessa. He served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=Obit/>
In April 1951, he was hired as the head football coach at [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico A&M]].<ref name=JTC>{{cite news|title=Joe T. Coleman, Texas High School Coach, Appointed As Head A&M Football Mentor|newspaper=Las Cruces Sun-News|date=April 17, 1951|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38421509/joe_t_coleman_texas_high_school/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Mexico Ags Get Odessa Coach|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|date=April 18, 1951|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38421396/new_mexico_ags_get_odessa_coach/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He compiled a 3–15–1 record in two seasons at New Mexico A&M. After leaving New Mexico A&M,
Coleman returned to Odessa where he was a partner in an athletic supply company.<ref>{{cite news|title=Practice Field Named In Honor Of Joe Coleman|newspaper=The Odessa American|date=September 13, 1974|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38421741/practice_field_named_in_honor_of_joe/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He was inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association's Hall of Honor in 1971. He died in 1979 in Odessa of an apparent heart attack.<ref name=Obit>{{cite news|title=Ex-OHS coach Joe Coleman dies|newspaper=The Odessa American|date=September 5, 1979|page=25|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38421805/obituary_for_joe_coleman_aged_66/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico A&M Aggies]]
| conf      = [[Border Conference]]
| startyear = 1951
| endyear   = 1952
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1951 college football season|1951]]
| name         = [[1951 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team|New Mexico A&M]]
| overall      = 1–9
| conference   = 1–4
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1952 college football season|1952]]
| name         = [[1952 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team|New Mexico A&M]]
| overall      = 2–6–1
| conference   = 1–2–1
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = New Mexico A&M
| overall    = 3–15–1
| confrecord = 2–6–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall  = 3–15–1
| bowls    = no
| poll     = no
| polltype =
| legend   = no
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{New Mexico State Aggies football coach navbox}}
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[[Category:1912 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:American football quarterbacks]]
[[Category:TCU Horned Frogs football coaches]]
[[Category:New Mexico State Aggies football coaches]]
[[Category:High school football coaches in Texas]]
[[Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Odessa, Texas]]