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.
 Sikes, c. 1953 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 22, 1904 Leonard, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 1964 (aged 59) Commerce, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1927 | Texas A&M |
| Basketball | |
| 1926–1928 | Texas A&M |
| Baseball | |
| 1926–1928 | Texas A&M |
| Position(s) | End (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1928 | Blinn |
| 1929–1930 | Burleson |
| 1935–1937 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| 1938–1942 | Georgia (ends) |
| 1943 | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (assistant) |
| 1944 | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight |
| 1945–1947 | Georgia (ends) |
| 1948–1953 | Kansas |
| 1954–1963 | East Texas State |
| Basketball | |
| 1928–1929 | Blinn |
| 1930–1931 | East Texas State (freshmen) |
| 1931–1935 | East Texas State |
| Baseball | |
| 1929 | Blinn |
| 1936–1937 | Texas A&M |
| 1938–1942 | Georgia |
| 1946–1947 | Georgia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 102–63–4 (college football) 36–37 (college basketball) 126–79–3 (college baseball) |
| Bowls | 2–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 5 LSC (1954–1955, 1957–1959) Baseball 1 SWC (1937) | |
| Awards | |
Sikes died on May 20, 1964, in Commerce, Texas, after collapsing on the golf course at East Texas State.[1]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (Independent) (1944) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight | 4–4 | 19 | ||||||
| Saint Mary's Pre-Flight: | 4–4 | ||||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks (Big Seven Conference) (1948–1953) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Kansas | 7–3 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1949 | Kansas | 5–5 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1950 | Kansas | 6–4 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1951 | Kansas | 8–2 | 4–2 | 3rd | 20 | ||||
| 1952 | Kansas | 7–3 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1953 | Kansas | 2–8 | 2–4 | T–4th | |||||
| Kansas: | 35–25 | 18–18 | |||||||
| East Texas State Lions (Lone Star Conference) (1954–1963) | |||||||||
| 1954 | East Texas State | 6–3–1 | 5–0–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1955 | East Texas State | 5–4–1 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1956 | East Texas State | 2–8 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1957 | East Texas State | 9–1 | 6–1 | 1st | W Tangerine | ||||
| 1958 | East Texas State | 10–1 | 6–1 | 1st | W Tangerine | ||||
| 1959 | East Texas State | 9–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1960 | East Texas State | 6–4 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1961 | East Texas State | 3–6 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1962 | East Texas State | 5–4–1 | 3–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1963 | East Texas State | 7–2–1 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| East Texas State: | 63–34–4 | 46–20–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 102–63–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "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
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