Talmage Holt "Tal" Stafford (January 7, 1890 – May 24, 1967) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at North Carolina State University in 1918, compiling a record of 1–3. Stafford was also head basketball coach at NC State that same academic year, 1918–19, tallying a mark of 11–3, and the baseball coach at the school in the spring of 1919, amassing a record of 12–11.

He was also the founding coach of the Cary High School football team in Cary, North Carolina.

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
NC State Aggies (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1918)
1918NC State1–30–1T–6th
NC State:1–30–1
Total:1–3

Baseball

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
NC State Wolfpack (Independent) (1919–1919)
1919NC State12–11
NC State:12–11
Total:12–11

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