Thomas R. "Tank" Conrad ( – December 7, 1986) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Delaware State College (now known as Delaware State University) from 1943 to 1949 and Winston-Salem State College (now known as Winston-Salem State University) 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 bowl game win, a 7–6 Flower Bowl victory over Florida N&I. Conrad also coached basketball and baseball at Delaware State, and served as the school's athletic director.
Conrad was born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, where he graduated, in 1930, from Roselle Park High School. He then attended Morgan College—now known as Morgan State University—where he competed in football, basketball, baseball, and track and field.
After graduating from Morgan, Conrad played professional football for the New York Brown Bombers. He also played professional baseball for the Newark Browns of Negro league baseball. Conrad died at the age of 76, on December 7, 1986, at Middlesex General University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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