Converse attended Southeastern State College—now known as Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where he won 11 varsity letters in three sports. He played football as an end, basketball as a guard and baseball as a pitcher. After graduating from Southeastern State, Converse served in the United States Army. At Fort Huachuca in Cochise County, Arizona, he was an assistant football coach and head baseball coach. Following to years in the army, Converse went to East Texas State Teachers College—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce to pursue a master's degree and work as an assistant basketball coach. In early 1957, Converse was hired at Paris Junior College as head basketball coach and line coach for the football team under head coach Dee Alexander.[1]
Converse succeeded Alexander as head football coach at Paris in 1958, and led the team to a record of 20–19–1 in four seasons before the program was disbanded. He remained head basketball coach at Paris through 1962 and then went to Baylor University as coach of the freshmen basketball team.[2]
Converse died in 2010 after a long illness.[3][4][5]
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