Jimmy R. Haygood Explained

Jimmy R. Haygood
Birth Date:20 July 1882
Birth Place:Humphreys County, Tennessee, U.S.
Death Place:Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1904–1905
Player Team2:Vanderbilt
Player Positions:Quarterback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1907–1918
Coach Team2:Henderson/Henderson-Brown
Coach Years3:1920–1924
Coach Team3:Henderson-Brown
Coach Years4:1925–1927
Coach Team4:Florida Southern
Coach Years5:1928–1930
Coach Team5:Alabama (freshmen)
Coach Years6:1931–1934
Coach Team6:Southwestern (TN)
Coach Sport7:Basketball
Coach Years8:1912–1917
Coach Team8:Henderson-Brown
Coach Years9:1925–1926
Coach Team9:Florida Southern
Coach Sport10:Track
Coach Years11:1928–1931
Coach Team11:Alabama
Overall Record:75–79–17 (football)
17–15 (basketball)

James Raymond Haygood (July 20, 1882 – January 18, 1935) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He played for Dan McGugin's first Vanderbilt Commodores football team in 1904. Haygood served as the head football coach at Henderson-Brown College—now known as Henderson State University—from 1907 to 1918 and again from 1920 to 1924, at Florida Southern College from 1925 to 1927, and at Southwestern University—now known as Rhodes College—from 1931 to 1934.[1]

A native of Waverly, Tennessee, Haygood played college football at Vanderbilt University as quarterback in 1904 and 1905, on teams coached by Dan McGugin.[2] He died of a heart attack, on January 18, 1935, in Little Rock, Arkansas.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Foot Ball Rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1921.
  2. News: . Lynx' Coach Dies Of Heart Attack . . . January 19, 1935 . 9 . April 13, 2024 . .
  3. News: Jimmy Haygood Dies . . . . January 18, 1935 . 1 . January 8, 2016 . .