Career
He was the head football coach at Abilene Christian College and Simmons University. Payne was also the basketball head coach at Texas Technological College (now Texas Technical University). Football
= Abilene Christian Payne was the fourth head college football coach for the Abilene Christian University Wildcats located in Abilene, Texas, and he held that position for two seasons, from 1922 until 1923.
During his time at Abilene Christian, Sam Cox of Ozona, Texas, sent him a young wildcat named Bob Thomas to serve as a live athletics mascot for the college.
Payne"s coaching record at Abilene Christian was 12 wins, 3 losses, and 0 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 14th at Abilene Christian in total wins and third at Abilene Christian in winning percentage (800).
= Hardin-Simmons Payne coached the Simmons Cowboys football team to 6–1–3 in 1926. = Texas Technical Payne served as an assistant coach during the 1927 and 1928 seasons under Texas Technical head coach Ewing Y. Freeland.
Basketball
= Texas Technical Payne coached the Texas Technical Matadors (now known as the Red Raiders) from 1927 to 1930.
The following season, the record was slightly worse at 9–8. During his final season, the team improved to 13–6. Payne"s overall record at Texas Technical stands at 32 wins and 20 losses.
In 1949, he was working for the Abilene Savings and Loan Company.
