Grady Higginbotham Explained

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".

Biography

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.

Head coaching record

Baseball

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Basketball - Texas Tech Red Raiders: The Official Athletic Site . August 13, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080421163119/http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-pastres.html . April 21, 2008 . dead .
  2. https://archive.today/20120714182533/http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/text-m-basebl-a-coach.html Baseball - Texas Tech Red Raiders :: The Official Athletic Site
  3. Web site: 1912.