T.B. Ellis
Encyclopedia
Tellis B. Ellis was a head football
coach
at Jackson State University
in Jackson, Mississippi
. He led the Tigers to a 24-21-3 record from 1946 to 1951 before being replaced by future College Football Hall of Fame
coach John Merritt
.
A gymnasium and the football training facility on JSU's campus are named in his honor.
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
at Jackson State University
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
in Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
. He led the Tigers to a 24-21-3 record from 1946 to 1951 before being replaced by future College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
coach John Merritt
John Merritt
John Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University...
.
A gymnasium and the football training facility on JSU's campus are named in his honor.