Jules Verne "Siki" Sikes (October 22, 1904 – May 20, 1964) was an

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, and

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player and coach. He was a graduate of

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where he was a three-sport star, lettering three years each in baseball, basketball and football. He played end for Dana X. Bible's Texas A&M football teams from 1925 to 1927 and was All-

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and mentioned as All-American. He played

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baseball with

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of the Class A

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after college. Sikes was an assistant coach for ends at the

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in Wally Butts first year as head football coach in 1939 until leaving for Kansas after the 1947 season, interrupted by service in

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. He coached the

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from 1948 to 1953, compiling a 35–25 record. He succeeded George Sauer who left Kansas for

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. From 1954 to 1963, he coached at East Texas State University, amassing a 63–34–4 record. The Lions won five

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championships during his tenure and won both the Tangerine Bowl twice, at the end of the 1957 and 1958 seasons. He was a proponent of the T formation. Sikes died on May 20, 1964, in

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, after collapsing on the golf course at East Texas State.

Head coaching record

College football

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