| Jesse Fatherree | |
| Birth Date: | 7 June 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1933–1935 |
| Player Team2: | LSU |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1932–1934 |
| Player Team4: | LSU |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Years6: | 1934–1936 |
| Player Team6: | LSU |
| Player Positions: | Halfback (football) Guard (basketball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1938–1940 |
| Coach Team2: | Southeastern Louisiana (backfield) |
| Coach Years3: | 1941 |
| Coach Team3: | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Coach Years4: | 1942–1948 |
| Coach Team4: | LSU (backfield) |
| Coach Years5: | 1949–? |
| Coach Team5: | Mississippi State (backfield) |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1944–1945 |
| Coach Team7: | LSU |
| Overall Record: | 4–5 (football) 11–7 (basketball) |
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Jesse Levi Fatherree Jr. (June 7, 1913 – July 23, 1962)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.
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.[2] His coaching record at Southeastern Louisiana was 4–5.
He was also the head basketball coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) for the first 18 games of the 1944–45 season, tallying a mark of 11–7.[3]
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.
Fatherree lettered in football, basketball, and baseball at LSU in the 1930s.
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.[4] Fatherree was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1964.[5]