Lee Oval Jaynes Jr. (born July 25, 1940) is a former

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coach and college athletics administrator. Jaynes was the head football coach at Gardner–Webb University from 1975 to 1977, compiling an overall record of 14–15 in three seasons. He was an assistant coach for three seasons at the

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and became an associate athletic director at Auburn University in 1981. Jaynes was an

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at five universities: he was hired at Colorado State University in 1986, the

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in 1991, the University of Idaho in 1996, the

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in 1998, and

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in 2008. His salary as athletic director was $118,000 at Pittsburgh in 1991, and $88,000 at Idaho in 1996. He served as an assistant football coach and head wrestling coach at

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in the 1965–66 season. Jaynes did not use his middle name "Oval" until high school, when there were multiple players named "Lee" on the freshman football team.

Head coaching record

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