Jesse Fatherree

Jesse Levi Fatherree Jr. was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. Fatherree was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1964.

Playing career

Fatherree lettered in football, basketball, and baseball at LSU in the 1930s.

Head coaching career

Fatherree was the fourth head football coach at Southeastern Louisiana College—now known as Southeastern Louisiana University—and held that position for the 1941 season. His coaching record at Southeastern Louisiana was 4–5.
He was also the head basketball coach at Louisiana State University for the first 18 games of the 1944–45 season, tallying a mark of 11–7.

Assistant coaching career

Fatherree was the backfield coach for the LSU Tigers football team from 1942 and 1948 and was hired at Mississippi State College—now known as Mississippi State University—in the same role in 1949.

Personal life

Fatherree moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 1952 and worked as sales manager for a firm that sold aircraft parts. He died at a hospital there on July 23, 1962.