"Jazz" Byrd (c. 1904 – December 9, 1994) was an American college football player and coach and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee.
He served as the head football coach at Florida A&M University from 1926 to 1929, compiling a record of 3–13–2.
Byrd played college football at Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania, helping the Lions to an 8–0–1 record in 1924 in which they outscored their opponents 306–3.
[2] Byrd was employed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), before being named the first African American state income tax collector.
[1] He died at the age of 90, on December 9, 1994, at Riverside Extended Pavilion Care in Wilmington, Delaware.