Jesse Branch (born February 1, 1941) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University – now Missouri State University – from 1986 to 1994, and Henderson State University from 2001 through 2004, compiling an overall college football record of 67 wins, 75 losses, and one tie.
[1] Branch also was the associate athletic director at the University of Arkansas from 1995 until 2000.