Devone Payne | |
Birth Date: | 14 November 1913 |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | Monroe, Louisiana, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | c. 1935 |
Player Team2: | Louisiana College |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | c. 1935 |
Player Team4: | Louisiana College |
Player Sport5: | Track |
Player Years6: | c. 1935 |
Player Team6: | Louisiana College |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1939 |
Coach Team2: | Gilbert HS (LA) |
Coach Years3: | 1940–1941 |
Coach Team3: | Winnsboro HS (LA) |
Coach Years4: | 1942–1943 |
Coach Team4: | Ouachita Parish HS (LA) (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1944 |
Coach Team5: | Neville HS (LA) |
Coach Years6: | 1945–1952 |
Coach Team6: | Tallulah HS (LA) |
Coach Years7: | 1953 |
Coach Team7: | Louisiana College |
Coach Years8: | 1954–1957 |
Coach Team8: | Northeast Louisiana State |
Admin Years1: | 1954–1958 |
Admin Team1: | Northeast Louisiana State |
Overall Record: | 18–29–1 (college football) |
Howard Devone Payne (November 14, 1913 – March 20, 1958) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at Louisiana College in 1953 and Northeast Louisiana State College—now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe—serving four seasons, from 1954 to 1957, and compiling a career college football coaching record of 18–29–1.[1] Payne lettered in football, basketball, and track at Louisiana College.[2]
Payne died on March 20, 1958, at a hospital in Monroe, Louisiana, where he had been undergoing surgery for ulcers.[3] In 2007 Payne was inducted into the ULM Sports Hall of Fame.[4] He is also a member of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, having been inducted in 1992 posthumously.