Victor Payne
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Payne pictured in Prickly Pear 1923, Abilene Christian yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 3, 1899[1] Texas, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.[2] Abilene, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| ? | Hardin-Simmons Abilene Christian Bethany[3] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1923 | Abilene Christian |
| 1926 | Hardin-Simmons |
| 1927-1928 | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1927–1930 | Texas Tech |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 32–20 (Basketball) 18–4–3 (Football) |
Victor D. "Vic" Payne, Jr. was a head college basketball and football coach. He was the head football coach at Abilene Christian College and Simmons University. Payne was also the basketball head coach at Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University).
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Coaching career
Football
Abilene Christian
Payne was the fourth head college football coach for the Abilene Christian University Wildcats located in Abilene, Texas, and he held that position for two seasons, from 1922 until 1923.[4][5][6] During his time at Abilene Christian, Sam Cox of Ozona, Texas, sent him a young wildcat named Bob Thomas to serve as a live athletics mascot for the college.[7]
Payne's coaching record at Abilene Christian was 12 wins, 3 losses, and 0 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 14th at Abilene Christian in total wins and third at Abilene Christian in winning percentage (.800).[8]
Hardin-Simmons
Payne coached the Simmons Cowboys football team to 6–1–3 in 1926.[9]
Texas Tech
Payne served as an assistant coach during the 1927 and 1928 seasons under Texas Tech head coach Ewing Y. Freeland.[10]
Basketball
Texas Tech
Payne coached the Texas Tech Matadors (now known as the Red Raiders) from 1927 to 1930.[11] During the first season, the team won ten games and lost six. The following season, the record was slightly worse at 9–8. During his final season, the team improved to 13–6.[12] Payne's overall record at Texas Tech stands at 32 wins and 20 losses.[13]
Later life
In 1949, he was working for the Abilene Savings and Loan Company.[14]
References
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- ↑ College Football Reference Abilene Christian University Football Records
- ↑ 2008 Wildcat Football (media guide) ACU Record Book
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- ↑ Abilene Christian University coaching records
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- Articles with dead external links from October 2010
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- American basketball coaches
- Abilene Christian Wildcats football coaches
- Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball coaches
- Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football coaches
- Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball coaches
- 1899 births
- 1981 deaths
