Louis L. Watson Explained

Louis L. Watson
Birth Date:9 April 1895
Birth Place:Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Player Years1:1919–1920
Player Team1:Springfield
Coach Years1:1921–1922
Coach Team1:Virginia Normal
Coach Years2:1923
Coach Team2:Howard
Coach Years3:1925–1927
Coach Team3:Howard
Coach Years4:1928–
Coach Team4:Bordentown (NJ)
Admin Team1:Howard
Admin Years2:1945–?
Admin Team2:Howard
Overall Record:29–8–6 (college)
Championships:3 black college national (1923, 1925–1926)

Louis Lee Watson (born April 9, 1895) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute—now known as Virginia State University–from 1921 to 1922 and at Howard University in 1923 and from 1925 to 1927.[1] Watson graduated from Howard in 1917 and played football at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1919 and 1920.[2]

In 1928, Watson began coaching at the Bordentown School in Bordentown, New Jersey.[3] He returned to Howard in 1945 as athletic director.[4]

Head coaching record

College

Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. March 22, 2018.
  2. News: . New Mentor To Take Place of Morrison, Charley West To Aid . . . December 20, 1924 . 13 . July 19, 2021 . .
  3. News: . Watson Now Coaching Bordentown Eleven . . . October 6, 1928 . 6 . July 29, 2021 . .
  4. News: . Hail Return of Louis Watson As Football Coach at Howard . . . June 7, 1945 . 15 . July 29, 2021 . .