Ted Forbes was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the Northern Branch of the College of AgricultureâÂÂnow known as the University of California, Davis (UC Davis)âÂÂfrom 1949 to 1953 and again in 1955, compiling a record of 24âÂÂ42âÂÂ8. Forbes played college football and college baseball at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He came to Davis in 1948 as an assistant coach after serving as head coach for one season at Burlingame High School in Burlingame, California.