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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | East Mississippi |
| Conference | MACJC |
| Record | 143–24 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1966-09-06) September 6, 1966 (age 58) Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| ? | Delta State |
| Position(s) | Offensive lineman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001–2007 | Pearl River (assistant) |
| 2008–present | East Mississippi |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 143–24 |
| Bowls | 7–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 5 NJCAA National (2011, 2013–2014, 2017–2018) 9 MACJC/MACCC (2009, 2011, 2013–2014, 2016–2018, 2022–2023) 13 MACJC/MACCC North Division (2008–2009, 2011–2019, 2021, 2023) | |
Wofford Oran "Buddy" Stephens Jr. is an American junior college football coach. He is the head football coach at East Mississippi Community College, where he has won five NJCAA National Football Championships and coached future National Football League (NFL) players such as Chad Kelly, Jarran Reed and Dakota Allen.
Stephens is known as the head coach from the first two seasons of the Netflix series Last Chance U. He has won more games at EMCC than any other coach in history.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NJCAA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Mississippi Lions (Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges / Community Colleges Conference) (2008–present) | |||||||||
| 2008 | East Mississippi | 8–2 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | |||||
| 2009 | East Mississippi | 11–1 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W Mississippi Bowl | 4 | |||
| 2010 | East Mississippi | 5–5 | 4–2 | 2nd (North) | |||||
| 2011 | East Mississippi | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W El Toro Bowl | 1 | |||
| 2012 | East Mississippi | 8–2 | 5–1 | 1st (North) | 15 | ||||
| 2013 | East Mississippi | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W Mississippi Bowl | 1 | |||
| 2014 | East Mississippi | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W Mississippi Bowl | 1 | |||
| 2015 | East Mississippi | 8–1 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | 7 | ||||
| 2016 | East Mississippi | 11–1 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W Mississippi Bowl | ||||
| 2017 | East Mississippi | 11–1 | 8–1 | 1st (North) | W Mississippi Bowl | 1 | |||
| 2018 | East Mississippi | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W NJCAA championship game | 1 | |||
| 2019 | East Mississippi | 6–4 | 4–2 | T–1st (North) | |||||
| 2020–21 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
| 2021 | East Mississippi | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | 6 | ||||
| 2022 | East Mississippi | 8–3 | 4–2 | 2nd (North) | |||||
| 2023 | East Mississippi | 10–3 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | L NJCAA championship game | 2 | |||
| 2024 | East Mississippi | 0–0 | 0–0 | (North) | |||||
| East Mississippi: | 143–24 | 85–8 | |||||||
| Total: | 143–24 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- "East Mississippi Athletics". Buddy Stephens. EMCC Athletics.
External links
| East Mississippi Lions head football coaches | |
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- American football offensive linemen
- Delta State Statesmen football players
- East Mississippi Lions football coaches
- Pearl River Wildcats football coaches
- Players of American football from Huntsville, Alabama
- Coaches of American football from Alabama
- College football coaches first appointed in the 2000s stubs