Alva Tabor

Alva Tabor Jr. (October 16, 1925 – August 2002) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wiley College from 1954 to 1955, Fort Valley State University from 1957 to 1959, Southern University from 1969 to 1971, and Virginia State University in 1980, compiling a career college football coaching record of 41–40–4. Tabor was an assistant at Southern from 1962 to 1966. In 1967, he became a scout and assistant coach for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Tabor was hired in 1972 as an assistant coach in charge of special teams for the Cleveland Browns of the (NFL). He was the first African-American hired as a full-time coach for the team.

Alva Tabor

Biographical details
Born	(1925-10-16)October 16, 1925
Died	August 2002 (aged 76) Fort Valley, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
c. 1945	Tuskegee
1947–1948	Nevada
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1952–1953	Texas Southern (backfield)
1954–1955	Wiley
1957–1959	Fort Valley State
1962–1966	Southern (assistant)
1967	New Orleans Saints (assistant)
1969–1971	Southern
1972–1979	Cleveland Browns (ST)
1980	Virginia State
1981	Toronto Argonauts (LB)
Head coaching record
Overall	41–40–4

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Wiley Wildcats (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1954–1955)
1954	Wiley	5–5	2–4	5th
1955	Wiley	3–7	2–5	T–5th
Wiley:		8–12	4–9
Fort Valley State Wildcats (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1957–1959)
1957	Fort Valley State	6–3
1958	Fort Valley State	5–2–1	3–2–1	5th
1959	Fort Valley State	5–3–1
Fort Valley State:		18–8–2
Southern Jaguars (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1969–1971)
1969	Southern	6–2–1	5–1–1	2nd
1970	Southern	5–5–1	2–3–1	T–4th
1971	Southern	3–7	1–5	T–6th
Southern:		14–14–2	8–9–2
Virginia State Trojans (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1980)
1980	Virginia State	1–8	1–5	10th
Virginia State:		1–8	1–5
Total:		41–40–4