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]