Clifton Gilliard

Clifton Gilliard
Playing career
Sport(s)	Football
1957–1959	Prairie View A&M
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999	Prairie View A&M
Head coaching record
Overall	2–8
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Clifton Gilliard is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He has served the head football coach, head men's track and field and cross country coach, and interim athletic director at Prairie View A&M University.^[1]

Playing career

Gilliard played football at Prairie View as a halfback. He was a three year letterman and played for Prairie View's 1958 national championship team under William J. Nicks, and was named all-conference that same year.^[2]

Coaching career

Football

Gilliard was the 20th head college football coach for the Prairie View A&M University Panthers located in Prairie View, Texas, a position he held during the 1999 season. His career coaching record at Prairie View was 2 wins, 8 losses, and 0 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 18th at Prairie View in total wins and 15th at Prairie View in winning percentage (.200).^[3]^[4]

Track and field, cross country

Gilliard is the current track and field coach at Prairie View. In 2008, he was named Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year for the Southwestern Athletic Conference.^[5]

References

↑ New York Times, It's No Joke: Prairie View Earns a Bid
↑ Prairie View A&M Faculty/Staff Bio, Clifton Gillard
↑ Prairie View A&M University coaching records
↑ "Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University Directory". The Sports Network.
↑ SWAC Indoor Track and Field Championships Conclude

External links

Prairie View A&M Panthers head football coaches

Unknown (1907)
No team (1908–1919)
Unknown (1920)
No team (1921–1922)
Henry B. Hucles (1923–1925)
Jim F. Law (1926–1929)
Arthur J. Willis (1930)
Sam B. Taylor (1931–1943)
L. T. Walker (1944)
William J. Nicks (1945–1947)
Fred T. Long (1948)
James A. Stevens (1949–1951)
William J. Nicks (1952–1965)
Hoover J. Wright (1966–1968)
Alexander Durley (1969–1970)
Jim Hillyer (1971)
Theophilus Danzy (1972)
Hoover J. Wright (1973–1979)
Cornelius Cooper (1980–1981)
James McKinley (1982)
Conway Hayman (1983–1987)
Haney Catchings (1987–1989)
No team (1990)
Ronald Beard (1991–1994)
Hensley Sapenter (1995–1996)
Greg Johnson (1997–1998)
Clifton Gilliard (1999)
Larry Dorsey (2000–2002)
C. L. Whittington (2003)
Henry Frazier, III (2004–2010)
Heishma Northern (2011–2014)
Willie Simmons (2015– )

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