Jerome Thomas Evans was a legendary black high school football coach in the state of North Carolina during the 1950s through the 1970s. He became head football coach at Walter M. Williams High School in 1970, later serving as assistant principal. He died on August 13, 1995 in Burlington, North Carolina

Burlington, North Carolina

Burlington is a city in Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the principal city of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Alamance County, in which most of the city is located. The population was 49,963 at the 2010...

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Jerome Thomas Evans began his coaching career as head football, basketball and baseball coach at H.B. Sugg High School in Farmville, NC in 1954 at a time when there were only two football programs in the Pitt County area for African-American youth. His period of service at Walter M. Williams High School is documented in the book Black Coach by Pat Jordan

Pat Jordan (author)

Pat Jordan is a leading sports writer with his work included in the Best American Sports Writing anthology series seven times. He is also the acclaimed author of A False Spring, a bittersweet memoir about his minor league baseball career, which is ranked #37 on Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports...

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Book references

• Black Coach, Pat Jordan
  Pat Jordan (author)
  Pat Jordan is a leading sports writer with his work included in the Best American Sports Writing anthology series seven times. He is also the acclaimed author of A False Spring, a bittersweet memoir about his minor league baseball career, which is ranked #37 on Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports...
  
  , Dodd-Mead 1971