Al Baggett Explained

Al Baggett
Birth Date:6 March 1903
Birth Place:Arkansas, U.S.
Death Place:Morehead City, North Carolina, U.S.
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Team2:Vernon HS (TX)
Coach Years3:1928–1930
Coach Team3:Wichita Falls JC
Coach Years4:1931–1932
Coach Team4:Amarillo JC
Coach Years5:1933–1939
Coach Team5:West Texas State
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1934–1942
Coach Team7:West Texas State
Coach Years8:1947–1950
Coach Team8:Brooklyn
Admin Years1:1933–1946
Admin Team1:West Texas State
Overall Record:36–28–5 (college football)
216–93 (college basketball)
Championships:Football
1 Alamo (1939)

Eustace Albert Baggett (March 6, 1903 – May 12, 1976) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as head football coach at West Texas State Teachers College—now known as West Texas A&M University—in Canyon, Texas from 1933 to 1939. Baggett compiled a 36–28–5 record in seven seasons and currently ranks third on the schools all-time winning list behind Joe Kerbel (68–42–1) and Frank Kimbrough (54–52–2).[1]

He was also the head basketball coach at West Texas State from 1934 to 1942. He was then the head coach at Brooklyn College from 1947 to 1950, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 216–93; he was followed as a coach at Brooklyn by Tubby Raskin.[2]

Baggett was a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and pursued a master's degree at Columbia University. Prior to being hired at West Texas State in 1933, he coached at Vernon High School in Vernon, Texas, Wichita Falls Junior College—now known as Midwestern State University, and Amarillo Junior College—now known as Amarillo College.[3]

He is the great-uncle of model, Alley Baggett.

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: West Texas A&M 2007 Media Guide . January 18, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203005915/http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/wtam/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/07MediaGuide.pdf . December 3, 2008 . dead .
  2. News: Fullerton Jr. . Hugh . Sports Round-Up . . . June 16, 1947 . 2 . January 6, 2019 . .
  3. News: . New Mentor Now Student at Columbia—Amarillo Junior College Athletic Director to Take Place of Late Sam Burton . Abilene Reporter-News . . July 12, 1933 . 2 . January 6, 2019 . .