[2] Jeffries started his coaching career in 1960 as an assistant at Barr Street High School in Lancaster, South Carolina.
[3] Players that Jeffries coached at South Carolina State include College Football Hall of Famers Harry Carson and Donnie Shell as well as Robert Porcher, Orlando Brown Sr., Chartric Darby, Dextor Clinkscale, and Anthony Cook.
In 2010, Jeffries was named Head Football Coach Emeritus by the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees.
He has used football and his great personal skills to bring about better community relations in Orangeburg, the Palmetto State and beyond and I think it's very fitting that the university has bestowed this honor upon him.
"[4] When Jeffries took over Wichita State in 1979, he became the first African American head coach of a Division I-A football program at a predominantly white school.
[6] During his time at Wichita State, Jeffries team was censured by the NCAA for repeated rules violations including improper recruitment and unethical conduct by the coaching staff.
The players whom Jeffries coached at Wichita State include: Anthony Jones, Jumpy Geathers, and Prince McJunkins.
The Bison players who played under Jeffries who went on to be drafted into the NFL were tight end Jimmie Johnson, Harvey Reed, Troy Kyles, Derrick Faison, David Westbrook, Sean Vanhorse, Brian Taltoan, Gary Willingham, John Javis, James Moses and Tim Watson.
[13] The South Carolina State Board of Trustees voted to name the football field in Oliver C. Dawson Stadium after Jeffries.