Buddy Stephens
American football player and coach (born 1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wofford Oran "Buddy" Stephens Jr. is an American junior college football coach. He is the head football coach at East Mississippi Community College,[1] 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.
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Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | East Mississippi |
Conference | MACJC |
Record | 143–24 |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1966-09-06) September 6, 1966 (age 57) 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) 12 MACJC/MACCC North Division (2008–2009, 2011–2018, 2021, 2023) | |
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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.