Hall of Fame
• Compiled a record of 159-93-8 (.627) in 26 seasons as a college football head coach
(Alabama State 1963, Alcorn State 1964-85, Southern 1987-88 and 1992)
• At Alcorn his teams were 25-2-1 (.911) from 1968-70 and 66-17-4 (.782) from 1968-76
• His Alcorn teams won or shared seven Southwestern Athletic Conference championships
(1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1984) and four black college football national
championships (1968, 1969, 1974, 1984)
• His 1984 Alcorn team was No. 1 in the final NCAA Division I-AA (now Football Championship Series)
poll of the regular season
• Nicknamed "The Godfather" by Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger sportswriter Roscoe Nance
• 33 years as a director of athletics: 1966–1986 at Alcorn State, 1986–1999 at Southern
• Other inductions:
— SWAC Hall of Fame in 1992
— Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1994
— Alcorn State Hall of Fame in 1996
— College Football Hall of Fame in 2003
• Alcorn's football stadium bears his name . . . the facility is Jack Spinks-Marino Casem Stadium;
Spinks is a former Alcorn football coach
• 1956 XULA graduate and played football and baseball for the Gold Rush
• Born in 1934 in Memphis, Tenn. . . . died in 2020 at age 85
• Last name pronounced CASS-um (short-A sound on the first syllable)
