Thomas R. "Tank" Conrad was an

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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Delaware State College—now known as

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—from 1943 to 1949 and

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from 1950 to 1969. Jackson is the longest tenured head coach in the history of the Winston-Salem State Rams football program and its all-time leader in wins. He coached Delaware State's only

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win, a 7–6 Flower Bowl victory over

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. Conrad attended Morgan College—now known as Morgan State University—where he played football and

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and ran

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Head coaching record

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