Tal Stafford

Talmage Holt "Tal" Stafford (January 7, 1890 – May 24, 1967) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at North Carolina State University in 1918, compiling a record of 1–3. Stafford was also head basketball coach at NC State that same academic year, 1918–19, tallying a mark of 11–3, and the baseball coach at the school in the spring of 1919, amassing a record of 12–11.

Tal Stafford

Stafford pictured in The Agromeck 1919, NC State yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1890-01-07)January 7, 1890 Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	May 24, 1967(1967-05-24) (aged 77) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1909–1911	North Carolina A&M
Baseball
1909–1912	North Carolina A&M
1912	Ashville Moonshiners
1913	Middlesboro Colonels
Position(s)	Quarterback, end (football) Pitcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1917	NC State (assistant)
1918	NC State
Basketball
1918–1919	NC State
Baseball
1918	NC State (assistant)
1919	NC State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1918–1920	NC State
Head coaching record
Overall	1–3 (football) 11–3 (basketball) 12–11 (baseball)

He was also the founding coach of the Cary High School football team in Cary, North Carolina.^[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
NC State Aggies (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1918)
1918	NC State	1–3	0–1	T–6th
NC State:		1–3	0–1
Total:		1–3

Baseball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
NC State Wolfpack (Independent) (1919–1919)
1919	NC State	12–11
NC State:		12–11
Total:		12–11

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