Cisco College is a

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Cisco, Texas Cisco is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,883 at the 2020 census, and 3,899 at the time of the 2010 census. History Cisco, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 183 and Interstate 20 in northwestern Eastla ...

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. The main campus is outside of Cisco, and the Abilene Educational Center is in Abilene. The college is accredited to award

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Athletics

Cisco College's athletic teams are known as the Wranglers. They compete in football, baseball, softball, volleyball, women's basketball, and women's soccer. They are members of the

North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference The North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference (NTJCAC) is a junior college athletic conference for many technical and community colleges in the state of Texas, sponsored by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Conference ...

(NTJCAC) of the

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. However, the NTJCAC does not offer football, so for football Cisco College competes in the

Southwest Junior College Conference Southwest Junior College Conference (SJCC), also known as Region XIV (or Region 14) is a junior college athletic conference governed by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The Southwest Junior College Conference formed in 19 ...

Notable alumni

* Wayne Coffey, American football player * John Davis, American football player *

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, American football player *

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, American football player * Bo Kelly, American football player * V'Keon Lacey, American football player * Sid Miller, Republican former member of the

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; candidate for

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on March 4, 2014,

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, musician, singer *

Randy Pippin Randy Pippin is an American college football coach and former player. He is a senior analyst at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, a position he has held since 2023. Pippin has served as head football coach at Trinity Valley ...

, college football coach * Matt Schaefer, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Tyler, Texas; United States Navy officer and lawyer * Daryl Richardson, American football player

References

External links

* {{authority control Community colleges in Texas Education in Eastland County, Texas NJCAA schools 1939 establishments in Texas Universities and colleges established in 1939 Two-year colleges in the United States