Jim Hatfield (born December 28, 1943) is an American former

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coach. He was head coach of the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns,

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and the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys. Hatfield played at East Tennessee State. Following the close of his college career, he joined the coaching ranks. An assistant at

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from 1972 to 1974, he was hired as head coach of the University of Southern Louisiana (now the

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) in 1975. He compiled a record of 47–35 in three seasons and was then hired to coach Mississippi State of the

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(SEC). Hatfield coached three seasons for the Bulldogs, ultimately resigning at the end of the 1980–81 season. He then coached at Hardin–Simmons for two seasons before returning to Kentucky as an assistant.

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