Buddy Stephens
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | East Mississippi |
| Conference | MACJC |
| Record | 143–24 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 6, 1966 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) | |
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.
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[edit]
| 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 | 4 | |||
| 2010 | East Mississippi | 5–5 | 4–2 | 2nd (North) | |||||
| 2011 | East Mississippi | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W El Toro | 1 | |||
| 2012 | East Mississippi | 8–2 | 5–1 | 1st (North) | 15 | ||||
| 2013 | East Mississippi | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W Mississippi | 1 | |||
| 2014 | East Mississippi | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W Mississippi | 1 | |||
| 2015 | East Mississippi | 8–1 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | Ineligible | 7 | |||
| 2016 | East Mississippi | 11–1 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | |||||
| 2017 | East Mississippi | 11–1 | 8–1 | 1st (North) | W Mississippi | 1 | |||
| 2018 | East Mississippi | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W Mississippi | 1 | |||
| 2019 | East Mississippi | 6–4 | 4–2 | (North) | |||||
| 2020–21 | No team | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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[edit]
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- ^ "East Mississippi Athletics". Buddy Stephens. EMCC Athletics.
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