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American football player and coach (born 1946)

Jim Holifield
Biographical details
Born	(1946-01-18)January 18, 1946 Bessemer, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
1964–1967	Jackson State
1968–1969	New York Giants

Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972–1974	Miles

James Lee Holifield (born January 18, 1946) is a former American football player and coach. He was selected by the New York Giants in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft and played with the Giants in the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1969. Holifield served as the head football coach at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama from 1972 to 1974.

References

"James Holifield". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
"New York Giants draft history". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

v t e New York Giants 1968 NFL draft selections
Rich Buzin Bobby Duhon Doug Chatman Joe Koontz Henry Davis Jim Holifield John Gallagher Bill Moreman McKinley Boston Kenny Parker Larry Kohn

v t e Miles Golden Bears head football coaches
Professor Jordan (1910–1914) Osborner (1915–1917) No team (1918–1919) Poole (1920–1924) Reeves (1925–1926) L. W. Ford (1927–1930) W. O. Amos (1931–1933) T. J. Knox (1934–1942) No team (1943–1945) T. J. Knox (1946–1967) Ocie Brown (1968–1971) Jim Holifield (1972–1974) Earl Cheatham (1975–1978) No team (1979) Theophilus Danzy (1980–1982) Donald Harris (1983–1985) James Owens (1986–1989) Jim Barkum (1990) Anthony Colvin (1991–1992) Ronald Cook (1993) Cecil Leonard (1994–2000) Wade Streeter (2001–2007) Billy Joe (2008–2010) Patrick Peasant # (2010) Reginald Ruffin (2011–2019) No team (2020) Reginald Ruffin (2021) Sam Shade (2022– ) # denotes interim coach

# denotes interim coach