Otis Washington | |
Birth Date: | 12 February 1939 |
Birth Place: | Selma, Alabama, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1959 |
Player Team1: | Xavier (LA) |
Player Positions: | Offensive guard, linebacker |
Coach Years1: | 1969–1979 |
Coach Team1: | St. Augustine HS (LA) |
Coach Years2: | 1980 |
Coach Team2: | LSU (OL) |
Coach Years4: | 1981–1986 |
Coach Team4: | Southern |
Overall Record: | 35–30–1 (college) 113–17–1 (high school) |
Championships: | 3 Louisiana state (1975, 1978–1979) |
Otis J. Washington Jr. (February 12, 1939 – May 24, 2019) was an American football coach.
Washington was born on February 12, 1939, in Selma, Alabama. He graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1961, where he earned all-conference honors in football and baseball and was captain of school's final football team, in 1959.[1]
He served as the head football coach at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1981 to 1986, compiling a record of 35–30–1. Washington was the head football coach at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, from 1969 to 1979, amassing a record of 113–17–1 and leading his teams to three Louisiana state titles, in 1975, 1978, and 1979.
Washington died on May 24, 2019.[2]