Ken Stephens

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Ken Stephens
Sport(s)	Football
Playing career
1960s	Central Arkansas
Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972-1981 1982-1985 1986-1992 2001-2004	Central Arkansas Lamar Arkansas Tech Ranger CC
Head coaching record
Overall	120–130–8

Ken Stephens is a former American football coach. He served as head coach at Central Arkansas,^[1] Lamar University and Arkansas Tech.

Stephens is a graduate of Central Arkansas, where he played as a defensive back and still holds the record for interceptions in a game (five). He began his coaching career at the high school level, winning three state championships at North Little Rock, Arkansas, before moving on the Arkansas State and Arkansas as an assistant. He was appointed head coach at his alma mater in 1972. In 10 seasons, Stephens built a 67-35-6 record at UCA, third-best in school history only to his two successors, winning four Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference titles and taking the Bears to four NAIA playoffs, the first in school history.

In 1982, Stephens went on to coach at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, but resigned in 1985 after four consecutive losing seasons.^[2] He then became head coach at Arkansas Tech, spending seven seasons there before retiring in 1992. Stephens returned to coaching in 2001, taking over as head coach at Ranger College in Ranger, Texas, for 4 seasons.

References

Central Arkansas Bears head football coaches

O. D. Longstreth (1908)
W. O. Wilson (1909–1910)
R. L. Nixon (1911–1912)
W. O. Stephenson (1913)
J. C. Cook (1914)
Dan Estes (1915–1916)
Keith Holloway (1917)
No team (1918)
Dan Estes (1919–1932)
Jerry Dalrymple (1933–1934)
Warren B. Woodson (1935–1940)
Lloyd Roberts (1941)
No team (1942–1944)
Charles McGibbony (1945–1946)
Howard Montgomery (1947–1951)
Jim Crafton (1952–1954)
Frank Koon (1955–1964)
Raymond Bright (1965–1971)
Ken Stephens (1972–1981)
Harold Horton (1982–1989)
Mike Isom (1990–1999)
Clint Conque (2000–2013)
Steve Campbell (2014– )

v t e Lamar Cardinals head football coaches

R.M. "Monk" Hodgkiss (1940-1941) John E. Gray (Unknown) Ted Jeffries (1944–1946) Stan Lambert (1951–1952) James B. Higgins (1953–1962) Vernon Glass (1963–1975) Bob Frederick (1976–1978) Larry Kennan (1979–1981) Ken Stephens (1982–1985) Ray Alborn (1986–1989) No team (1990–2009) Ray Woodard (2010– )

Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys head football coaches

W. A. Isgrig (1911)
E. H. Shinn (1912–1915)
W. B. Casey (1916–1917)
No team (1918)
D. K. McWilliams (1919)
E. O. Brown (1920–1932)
John Tucker (1933–1941)
No team (1942–1944)
John Tucker (1945–1947)
Raymond Burnett (1948–1953)
Sam Hindsman (1954–1958)
Marvin Salmon (1959–1966)
Don Dempsey (1967–1975)
Leon Anderson (1976–1979)
Harold Steelman (1980–1985)
Ken Stephens (1987–1992)
Brooks Hollingsworth (1993–1996)
Steve Mullins (2007– )

Persondata
Name	Stephens, Ken
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth
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