| Jesse Branch | |
| Birth Date: | February 1, 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1961–1962 |
| Player Team1: | Arkansas |
| Player Years2: | 1963–1964 |
| Player Team2: | Calgary Stampeders |
| Player Years3: | 1965 |
| Player Team3: | Edmonton Eskimos |
| Player Positions: | Halfback |
| Coach Years1: | 1966 |
| Coach Team1: | Mississippi State (OB) |
| Coach Years2: | 1967–1971 |
| Coach Team2: | Kansas State (DB) |
| Coach Years3: | 1972 |
| Coach Team3: | Oregon (DC/DB) |
| Coach Years4: | 1973 |
| Coach Team4: | Oregon (OC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1974 |
| Coach Team5: | Kansas State (DL) |
| Coach Years6: | 1975 |
| Coach Team6: | Arkansas (WR) |
| Coach Years7: | 1976 |
| Coach Team7: | Arkansas (OB) |
| Coach Years8: | 1977–1979 |
| Coach Team8: | Arkansas (WR) |
| Coach Years9: | 1980 |
| Coach Team9: | Arkansas (DB) |
| Coach Years10: | 1981–1982 |
| Coach Team10: | Arkansas (WR) |
| Coach Years11: | 1983 |
| Coach Team11: | Arkansas (OB) |
| Coach Years12: | 1984–1985 |
| Coach Team12: | Arkansas (WR) |
| Coach Years13: | 1986–1994 |
| Coach Team13: | Southwest Missouri State |
| Coach Years14: | 2001–2004 |
| Coach Team14: | Henderson State |
| Admin Years1: | 1995–2000 |
| Admin Team1: | Arkansas (associate AD) |
| Overall Record: | 67–75–1 |
| Tournament Record: | 1–2 (NCAA I-AA playoffs) |
| Championships: | 2 Gateway Football (1989–1990) |
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Jesse Branch (born February 1, 1941) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University – now Missouri State University – from 1986 to 1994, and Henderson State University from 2001 through 2004, compiling an overall college football record of 67 wins, 75 losses, and one tie.[1] Branch also was the associate athletic director at the University of Arkansas from 1995 until 2000.