Maxie Lambright | |
Birth Date: | 23 June 1924 |
Birth Place: | McComb, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | Ruston, Louisiana, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1946–1948 |
Player Team1: | Mississippi Southern |
Coach Years1: | 1955 |
Coach Team1: | Winona SS (MS) |
Coach Years2: | 1956–1958 |
Coach Team2: | Bolton HS (LA) |
Coach Years3: | 1959–1966 |
Coach Team3: | Mississippi Southern / Southern Miss (OB) |
Coach Years4: | 1967–1978 |
Coach Team4: | Louisiana Tech |
Admin Years1: | 1970–1978 |
Admin Team1: | Louisiana Tech |
Overall Record: | 95–36–2 (college) |
Bowl Record: | 6–3 |
Tournament Record: | 4–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Championships: | 3 NCAA Division II (1972–1974) 1 GSC (1969) 6 SLC: (1971–1974, 1977–1978) |
Awards: | University of Southern Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (1974) Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (1984) Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (1986) |
Maxie Thomas Lambright (June 23, 1924 – January 28, 1980) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team from 1967 to 1978 and the Louisiana Tech University athletic director from 1970 to 1978. He led Louisiana Tech to three Division II National Championships and seven conference championships. Lambright coached the legendary quarterback Terry Bradshaw. Lambright played college football at Southern Miss from 1946 to 1948 and graduated in 1949 from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Lambright is a member of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, and the University of Southern Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (Class of 1974).
Lambright died on January 28, 1980, in Ruston, Louisiana, after a stroke at his home the day prior.[1]