Head Coach
Jeff Braxton
jbraxton@cheyney.edu
(610) 399-2309

Braxton comes to Cheyney University after his second three year stint at Delaware State.  This is Braxton’s second stint at Cheyney University.  Earlier in his career he spent one season under Coach Chris Roulhac.  

Braxton’s coaching career has seen stops throughout the East.  In addition to Cheyney University and Delaware State University, the Washington D.C. native coached at Bowie, Hofstra (1997), Towson (1998), Fordham (1999), Wesley (1993-94), Morehouse (1994), and Tennessee State (2005). 

“I’m grateful for the opportunity,” stated the new coach as he spoke before 50 friends, family, supporters and media at the press conference, which was conducted immediately after he signed his contract.  “This team is going to be disciplined, spiritual, academically sound and competitive.  We are going to be rough and tough on the field and I’m going to love them off the field.   This is a blessing and I want to thank my wife, family, President Howard-Vital and Director of Athletics China Jude.”

With Braxton as offensive coordinator, Delaware State had a school-record 32 touchdown passes in 2000. That season, the Hornets averaged 222.9 yards per game passing and 168.5 rushing. In addition, the 2000 Hornets featured a 2000-yard passer (2,386 by Rahsaan Matthews) and a 1000-yard rusher (1,186 by Grayland King) for the first time in school history. Tight end Darnerian McCants (now with NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles) set DSU and M id-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) records with 18 touchdown catches during the 2000 season. The 2000 Hornets also exceeded 40 points in five games, tying a school record.

Braxton’s 2001 Delaware State offense was second in the MEAC in rushing at 211.5 yards per game. Maurice Foster was tops in the MEAC with 1,127 rushing yards that year. The 2001 Hornets also scored 30 or more points in five games.

Braxton is anticipating the challenge that is before him.  He realizes that the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference has some of the best football that Division II has to offer.  “If I can get these young men to be successful on the field they will be successful in life.”

Braxton played his high school ball in Wilmington, DE (Salesianum).  He continued to play while in college, lettering as an offensive lineman at Salisbury State College. He was a member of the 1986 Sea Gull team that won 13 straight games before losing to Augustana (IL) in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the NCAA Division III championship game. The ’86 Salisbury State team shares the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) record for most wins in a season.

Braxton earned a B.A. in Communication Arts from Salisbury State and a M.A. in Education in 2004.  He is a member of the American Football Coaches Association and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.