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Big Blues Sports
The Trailblazer Award
Harry “Big Jeff” Jefferson
Blue & Gold athletes are accomplishing great things
on and off their fields of play. Bluefield State
competes in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross
country, golf, tennis and volleyball. In 2011 Bluefield State’s Harry “Big Jeff”
Jefferson was honored posthumously with
The American Football Coaches Association
Trailblazer Award. This award is given to a
“minority coach from a Historically Black
College or University who had a profound
impact on his student-athletes, institution,
the coaching profession and the game of
football in a particular decade.”
Former basketball standout Jeff Mullins ’90 was recently inducted
into the Cole Business School Hall of Fame. Read more about Jeff’s
post-Bluefield State years here. Jefferson coached the national
championship-winning teams of 1927 and
1928. He also coached teams in 1932 and
1933. He was inducted into the NAIA Hall of
Fame in 1981.
The best are enshrined in our Sports Hall of Fame. The first were the
1927 and 1928 football teams which won two national championships
under legendary coach Harry “Big Jeff” Jefferson.
Check in here for more winning stories about Big Blues athletes.
Cole Business School Hall of Fame
Jeff Mullins ’90 has built a nationally
recognized business.
As a basketball player, Jeff was selected
to the 1988 All-Conference tournament
team. He also earned first team
all-conference honors for the 1988-89
season.
Bluefield State’s football team won national championships in
1927 and 1928. Pictured here are members of the 1928 team.
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