James Carson (American football)

James "Big Daddy" Carson (1940–1999) was head football coach of Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi from 1992 to 1998, compiling a record of 54-25-1 and leading the school to three NCAA Division I-AA playoff appearances, as well as a Black College National Championship in 1996.

The Clarksdale, Mississippi native played offensive guard and nose tackle at JSU, garnering NAIA honorable mention All-America honors in 1962.

His son, Ricardo, played football at the school from 1991 to 1994.

Jackson State Tigers head football coaches

John R. Pinkett (1911–1912)
Jubie Bragg (1913)
No team (1914–1919)
Earnest Richards (1920)
No team (1921–1922)
Earnest Richards (1923)
No team (1924)
Belford Lawson, Jr. (1925–1926)
No team (1927)
Belford Lawson, Jr. (1928)
Charles Clark (1929–1936)
John H. Young (1937–1939)
No team (1940–1945)
T. B. Ellis (1946–1951)
John Merritt (1952–1962)
Edward Clemons (1963)
Rod Paige (1964–1968)
Ulysses S. McPherson (1969–1970)
Robert Hill (1971–1976)
W. C. Gorden (1976–1991)
James Carson (1992–1998)
Robert Hughes (1999–2002)
James Bell (2003–2005)
Daryl Jones # (2005)
Rick Comegy (2006–2013)
Harold Jackson (2014–2015)
Derrick McCall # (2015)
Tony Hughes (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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