Grady Higginbotham

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R. Graley Higginbotham
Higginbotham pictured in La Ventana 1927, Texas Tech yearbook
Sport(s)	Baseball Basketball Football
Biographical details
Born	(1898-08-15)August 15, 1898 Howe, Texas
Died	May 26, 1943(1943-05-26) (aged 44) Quonset Point, Rhode Island
Alma mater	Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Playing career
1917, 1919-1920^[1]	Texas A.M.C
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1925-1929 1930-1935	Texas Tech Texas A.M.C.
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1927–1929	Texas Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	10–17–0 (baseball) 64–57–2 (basketball) 1–7–2 (football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 2 Southwest Conference (1931, 1934)

Roswell Grady Higginbotham (August 15, 1898 – May 26, 1943) was the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team. Leading it to a 14–18–0 record from 1925 to 1927.^[2]

Higginbotham coached the Red Raiders baseball team to a 10–17–0 record from 1928 to 1929.^[3]

He was also the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team in 1929. His record was 1–7–2.^[4] From 1930-1935, Higginbotham coached the Texas A&M Aggies baseball team.

Head coaching record

Baseball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1928–1929)
1928	Texas Tech	8–6
1929	Texas Tech	2–11
Texas Tech:		10–17
Texas A.M.C. Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1930–1935)
1930	Texas A.M.C.	16–6	8-6	4th
1931	Texas A.M.C.	12–6	9-1	1st
1932	Texas A.M.C.	7-11-1	5-11	5th
1933	Texas A.M.C.	9-10	5-5	3rd
1934	Texas A.M.C.	10-7-1	9-3	1st
1935	Texas A.M.C.	10-8-2	5-6	2nd
Texas A.M.C.:		54–40-2	36-26
Total:		64–57–2
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

Source:^[5]^[6]

Basketball

Season	Team	Overall
Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1925–1927)
1925–26	Texas Tech	6–8
1926–27	Texas Tech	8–10
Texas Tech:		14–18
Total:		14–18

Source:^[7]

Football

Year	Team	Overall
Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1929)
1929	Texas Tech	1–7–2
Texas Tech:		1–7–2
Total:		1–7–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title

Source:^[8]

References

↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tam/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2010FootballMediaSupplement.pdf
↑ Men's Basketball - Texas Tech Red Raiders: The Official Athletic Site
↑ Baseball - Texas Tech Red Raiders :: The Official Athletic Site
↑ baltimoresun.com - college football
↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/text/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/07mediaguidesectionSIX.pdf p. 140
↑ http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/tam-m-basebl-year-by-year.html
↑ "2009–10 Texas Tech Red Raiders Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Tech University. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
↑ "2009 Media Supplement" (PDF). Texas Tech University. Retrieved 2009-12-30.

External links

Grady Higginbotham's obituary

v t e Texas Tech Red Raiders athletic directors

Ewing Y. Freeland (1925–1927) Grady Higginbotham (1927–1929) Pete Cawthon (1930–1940) Morley Jennings (1941–1951) DeWitt Weaver (1952–1960) Polk Robison (1960–1970) J. T. King (1970–1978) Dick Tamburo (1978–1980) John Conley (1980–1985) T. Jones (1985–1992) Robert Bockrath (1992–1995) Gerald Myers (1996–2011) Kirby Hocutt (2011– )

v t e Texas Tech Red Raiders head baseball coaches

Ewing Y. Freeland (1926–1927) Grady Higginbotham (1928–1929) No team (1930–1953) Beattie Feathers (1954–1960) Berl Huffman (1961–1967) Kal Segrist (1968–1983) Gary Ashby (1984–1986) Larry Hays (1987–2008) Dan Spencer (2009–2012) Tim Tadlock (2013– )

Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball head coaches

Grady Higginbotham (1925–1927)
Victor Payne (1927–1930)
W. L. Golightly (1930–1931)
Dell Morgan (1931–1934)
Virgil Ballard (1934–1935)
Berl Huffman (1935–1942)
Polk Robison (1942–1946)
Berl Huffman (1946–1947)
Polk Robison (1948–1961)
Gene Gibson (1961–1969)
Bob Bass (1969–1970)
Gerald Myers (1971–1991)
James Dickey (1991–2001)
Bob Knight (2001–2008)
Pat Knight (2008–2011)
Billy Gillispie (2011–2012)
Chris Walker # (2012–2013)
Tubby Smith (2013–)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Texas Tech Red Raiders head football coaches

Ewing Y. Freeland (1925–1928)
Grady Higginbotham (1929)
Pete Cawthon (1930–1940)
Dell Morgan (1941–1950)
DeWitt Weaver (1951–1960)
J. T. King (1961–1969)
Jim Carlen (1970–1974)
Steve Sloan (1975–1977)
Rex Dockery (1978–1980)
Jerry Moore (1981–1985)
David McWilliams (1986)
Spike Dykes (1986–1999)
Mike Leach (2000–2009)
Ruffin McNeill # (2009)
Tommy Tuberville (2010–2012)
Chris Thomsen # (2012)
Kliff Kingsbury (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Texas A&M Aggies head baseball coaches

Wirt Spencer (1904–1908)
Charley Moran (1909–1914)
Con Lucid (1915)
D. V. Graves (1916–1919)
Dana X. Bible (1920–1921)
Gene Cochrehan (1922)
H. H. House (1923–1924)
Claude Rothgeb (1925–1927)
R. D. Countryman (1928–1929)
Grady Higginbotham (1930–1935)
Jules V. Sikes (1936–1937)
Marty Karow (1938–1941)
Lil Dimmit (1942)
Homer H. Norton (1943–1944)
A. E. Jones (1945)
Lil Dimmit (1946–1947)
Marty Karow (1948–1950)
Beau Bell (1951–1958)
Tom Chandler (1959–1984)
Mark Johnson (1985–2005)
Rob Childress (2006– )

Persondata
Name	Higginbotham, Grady
Alternative names	Higginbotham, Roswell Grady
Short description	American football, basketball, and baseball coach, college athletics administrator
Date of birth	August 15, 1898
Place of birth	Howe, Texas
Date of death	May 26, 1943
Place of death	Quonset Point, Rhode Island

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