Ted Browne
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Arthur W. "Ted" Browne (c.1914 – February 2, 2002) was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Edward Waters College (now known as Edward Waters University) in Jacksonville, Florida for one season, in 1947, Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina from 1952 to 1955, Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina from 1956 to 1958, Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina for one season, in 1959, and Elizabeth City State Teachers College (now known as Elizabeth City State University) in Elizabeth City, North Carolina for one season, in 1960.
A native of Woodbury, New Jersey, Browne attended Woodbury High School, where he competed in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He then moved on to Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio, were he lettered in football, basketball, and track before graduating in 1940. Browne also played for the Zulu Cannibal Giants, a Negro league baseball team in Louisville, Kentucky. He played football at Wilberforce as a quarterback.
Browne coached at his alma mater, Wilberforce, before he was hired as head football coach at Edward Waters in 1947. He served as backfield coach at Bethune–Cookman College (now known as Bethune–Cookman University) in Daytona Beach, Florida under head football coach Bunky Matthews prior to being hired as head football coach at Claflin in 1952. He was hired as the head football coach at Elizabeth City State in 1960, succeeding William B. Harris. After a season at Elizabeth City State, Browne went to Norfolk State College—now known as Norfolk State University—in Norfolk, Virginia to work as backfield coach under head football coach Bill Archie.
in 1965, Browne was appointed as the athletic director at the Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie New York. He also coached football, basketball, and track and field at Oakwood until the school dropped football after the 1968 season. He later earned a master's degree from Columbia University, and worked as an administrator for the public school system in Dutchess County, New York. Browne died of heart failure, at the age of 87, on February 2, 2002.
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Waters Tigers () (1947) | |||||
| 1947 | Edward Waters | ||||
| Edward Waters: | |||||
| Claflin Panthers (Southeastern Athletic Conference) (1952–1955) | |||||
| 1952 | Claflin | 4–5 | 3–2 | 3rd | |
| 1953 | Claflin | 6–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |
| 1954 | Claflin | 6–3 | 4–1 | ||
| 1955 | Claflin | 3–5 | 2–2 | ||
| Claflin: | 19–16 | 14–5 | |||
| Benedict Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1956–1958) | |||||
| 1956 | Benedict | 4–3 | 2–3 | T–11th | |
| 1957 | Benedict | 4–4 | 2–4 | 10th | |
| 1958 | Benedict | 5–5 | 3–3 | ||
| Benedict: | 13–12 | 7–10 | |||
| Livingstone Blue Bears (Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1959) | |||||
| 1959 | Livingstone | 5–3–1 | 3–1–1 | 3rd | |
| Livingstone: | 5–3–1 | 3–1–1 | |||
| Elizabeth City State Pirates (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1960) | |||||
| 1960 | Elizabeth City State | 1–7 | 1–7 | 16th | |
| Elizabeth City State: | 1–7 | 1–7 | |||
| Total: | |||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |