Jesse Clements

Jesse Clements
Biographical details
Born	March 7, 1927; Illinois, U.S.
Died	April 1, 1991 (aged 64); Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1949–1951	St. Augustine's
Basketball
c. 1950	St. Augustine's
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1963–1965	St. Augustine's
1973–1974	Shaw
1977	North Carolina Central (interim co-HC)
Basketball
1958–1971	St. Augustine's
1979–1984	North Carolina Central
Head coaching record
Overall	21–26–3 (football)

Jesse Clements Jr. (March 7, 1927 – April 1, 1991) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at St. Augustine's College—now known as St. Augustine's University—in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1963 to 1965 and Shaw University in Raleigh from 1973 to 1974. He was the interim co-head football coach with Robert Jackson at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina for part of the 1977 season. Clements was also the head basketball coach at St. Augustine's from 1958 to 1971 and North Carolina Central from 1979 to 1984.

A native of Champaign, Illinois, Clements attended St. Augustine's. Clements died on April 1, 1991, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh.^[1]

Head coaching record[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
St. Augustine's Falcons (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1963–1965)
1963	St. Augustine's	4–3–1	4–2–1	6th
1964	St. Augustine's	5–5	4–5	11th
1965	St. Augustine's	8–1–1	6–1–1	4th
St. Augustine's:		17–9–2	14–8–2
Shaw Bears (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1973–1974)
1973	Shaw	1–6–1	1–5–1	T–9th
1974	Shaw	3–7	2–4	8th
Shaw:		4–13–1	2–9–1
North Carolina Central Eagles (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1977)
1977	North Carolina Central	0–4^{[n 1]}	0–3^{[n 1]}	7th
North Carolina Central:		0–4	0–3
Total:		21–26–3

^ ^a ^b Willie Smith was North Carolina Central's head coach for the first seven games of the 1977 season before resigning. Clements and Robert Jackson served as co-interim head coaches for the final four games. North Carolina Central finished the year 1–10 overall and 0–6 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) play.^[2]