Boyd Converse

Boyd Franklin "Cotton" Converse (February 18, 1932 – May 31, 2010) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Wichita State University for one season in 1967, compiling a record of 2–7–1. Converse was also the head football coach at Paris Junior College in Paris, Texas from 1958 to 1961 and Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas. At Kilgore, he led his 1966 team to the NJCAA National Football Championship. Converse was the athletic director at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College from 1972 to 1989.

Boyd Converse

Biographical details
Born	(1932-02-18)February 18, 1932 Milburn, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	May 31, 2010(2010-05-31) (aged 78) Tishomingo, Oklahoma, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1952	Southeastern State
Basketball
c. 1952	Southeastern State
Baseball
c. 1952	Southeastern State
Position(s)	End (football) Guard (basketball) Pitcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1954	Fort Huachuca (assistant)
1957	Paris (assistant)
1958–1961	Paris
1964–1966	Kilgore
1967	Wichita State
Basketball
1956–1967	East Texas State (assistant)
1957–1962	Paris
1962–1963	Baylor (freshmen)
Baseball
c. 1954	Fort Huachuca
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1972–1989	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Head coaching record
Overall	2–7–1 (college football) 41–27–2 (junior college football)
Bowls	2–0 (junior college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 NJCAA National (1966) 1 TJCFF (1966)

Converse attended Southeastern State College—now known as Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where he won 11 varsity letters in three sports. He played football as an end, basketball as a guard and baseball as a pitcher. After graduating from Southeastern State, Converse served in the United States Army. At Fort Huachuca in Cochise County, Arizona, he was an assistant football coach and head baseball coach. Following to years in the army, Converse went to East Texas State Teachers College—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce to pursue a master's degree and work as an assistant basketball coach. In early 1957, Converse was hired at Paris Junior College as head basketball coach and line coach for the football team under head coach Dee Alexander.^[1]

Converse succeeded Alexander as head football coach at Paris in 1958, and led the team to a record of 20–19–1 in four seasons before the program was disbanded. He remained head basketball coach at Paris through 1962 and then went to Baylor University as coach of the freshmen basketball team.^[2]

Converse died in 2010 after a long illness.^[3][4][5]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Wichita State Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1967)
1967	Wichita State	2–7–1	0–4	5th
Wichita State:		2–7–1	0–4
Total:		2–7–1

Junior college football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Paris Dragons (Texas Eastern Conference) (1958–1961)
1958	Paris	3–5–1	0–3	4th
1959	Paris	3–6	1–2	3rd
1960	Paris	6–4	4–4	T–2nd
1961	Paris	5–5	3–5	4th
Paris:		17–20–1	8–14
Kilgore Rangers (Texas Junior College Football Federation) (1964–1966)
1964	Kilgore	6–3–1	4–3–1	4th
1965	Kilgore	8–3	4–3	T–2nd	W El Karubah Shrine Bowl
1966	Kilgore	10–1	6–1	T–1st	W Shrine Bowl
Kilgore:		24–7–1	14–7–1
Total:		41–27–2
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth