Talmage Holt "Tal" Stafford (January 7, 1890 – May 24, 1967) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at North Carolina State University in 1918, compiling a record of 1–3. Stafford was also head basketball coach at NC State that same academic year, 1918–19, tallying a mark of 11–3, and the baseball coach at the school in the spring of 1919, amassing a record of 12–11. He was also the founding coach of the Cary High School football team in Cary, North Carolina. Head coaching record Football Baseball References External links 1890 births 1967 deaths American football ends American football quarterbacks Baseball pitchers NC State Wolfpack athletic directors NC State Wolfpack baseball coaches NC State Wolfpack baseball players NC State Wolfpack football coaches NC State Wolfpack football players NC State Wolfpack men's basketball coaches Minor league baseball players Sportspeople from Raleigh, North Carolina Players of American football from Raleigh, North Carolina Baseball players from Raleigh, North Carolina Basketball coaches from North Carolina