Grady Higginbotham | |
Birth Date: | 31 December 1892 |
Birth Place: | Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Texas, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1912 |
Player Team2: | Texas A&M |
Player Positions: | Fullback (football) |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1912 |
Player Team4: | Texas A&M |
Player Years5: | 1913 |
Player Team5: | Denison Blue Sox |
Player Years6: | 1914 |
Player Team6: | Dubuque Dubs |
Player Years7: | 1915–1916 |
Player Team7: | Denison Railroaders |
Player Years8: | 1916 |
Player Team8: | Sherman Lions |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1924 |
Coach Team2: | Daniel Baker |
Coach Years3: | 1925–1928 |
Coach Team3: | Texas Tech (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1929 |
Coach Team4: | Texas Tech |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1925–1927 |
Coach Team6: | Texas Tech |
Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
Coach Years8: | 1922 |
Coach Team8: | Sherman Red Sox |
Coach Years9: | 1928–1929 |
Coach Team9: | Texas Tech |
Admin Years1: | 1927–1929 |
Admin Team1: | Texas Tech |
Overall Record: | 4–13–3 (football) 12–18 (basketball) 10–17 (college baseball) |
Grailey Hewett "Grady" Higginbotham (December 31, 1892 – February 10, 1989) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. Commonly known as Grady, he was also nicknamed "Big Hig".
Higginbotham was the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team, leading it to a 14–18 record from 1925 to 1927.[1] Higginbotham coached the Red Raiders baseball team to a 10–17 record from 1928 to 1929.[2] He was also the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team in 1929, tallying a mark of 1–7–2. He was the athletic director at Texas Tech from 1927 to 1929. Higginbotham played college football and college baseball at Texas A&M University.[3] After graduating, he played in minor league baseball for several years. He was the older brother of Roswell G. Higginbotham, who also played at Texas A&M and became a college baseball coach.