College Career
Tennessee State University (1949-1952)
• All Mid Western Conference
• 4 year baseball letterman at first base and team captain
• 2 year football letterman at wide receiver
• Served in U.S. Army (1953-1955)
Coaching Career
Eva Gordon High School (1956-1966)
• Athletic director, head football, baseball, basketball and track coach
Temple High School (1966-1967)
• Athletic director and head football coach
• High School Football Negro Big 8 Conference State Champions (11-0 record) (’66)
Jackson State University (1971-1972, 1976-1994)
• Head baseball coach
• SWAC Baseball Title (’72)
• Interim head football coach (’76)
• Head football coach (’77-’91)
• Claimed all or part of 8 SWAC football titles (’80-’82, ‘85-’88, ‘90)
• Athletic Director (1991-1994)
• 1994 SWAC Hall of Fame
Did You Know?
Coach Gorden’s hobby is listening to jazz music, and he has an extensive collection of over 5,000 jazz albums.
