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{{Infobox college coach
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Grady Higginbotham
| name = Grady Higginbotham
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| caption = Higginbotham pictured in ''La Ventana 1927'', Texas Tech yearbook
| caption = Higginbotham pictured in ''La Ventana 1927'', Texas Tech yearbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|12|31}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|12|31}}
| birth_place = [[Texas]]
| birth_place = [[Texas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1989|2|10|1892|12|31}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|2|10|1892|12|31}}
| death_place = [[Texas]]
| death_place = [[Texas]], U.S.
| alma_mater =
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1912
| player_years2 = 1912
| player_team2 = [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
| player_team2 = [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
| player_positions=[[Fullback (gridiron football)|Fullback]] (football)
| player_positions = [[Fullback (gridiron football)|Fullback]] (football)
| player_sport3 = Baseball
| player_sport3 = Baseball
| player_years4 = 1912
| player_years4 = 1912
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| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1924
| coach_years2 = 1924
| coach_team2 = [[Daniel Baker Hillbillies football|Daniel Baker]]
| coach_team2 = [[Daniel Baker Hill Billies football|Daniel Baker]]
| coach_years3 = 1925–1928
| coach_years3 = 1925–1928
| coach_team3 = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]] (assistant)
| coach_team3 = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1929
| coach_years4 = 1929
| coach_team4 = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]
| coach_team4 = Texas Tech
| coach_sport5 = Basketball
| coach_sport5 = Basketball
| coach_years6 = 1925–1927
| coach_years6 = 1925–1927
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'''Grailey Hewett "Grady" "Big Hig" Higginbotham''' (December 31, 1892 – February 10, 1989) was an [[American football]] and [[baseball]] player, coach of football, [[basketball]], and [[baseball]], and college athletics administrator. He was the first head coach of the [[Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball]] team, leading it to a 14–18 record from 1925 to 1927.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-pastres.html |title=Men's Basketball - Texas Tech Red Raiders: The Official Athletic Site |access-date=August 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421163119/http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-pastres.html |archive-date=April 21, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Higginbotham coached the [[Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball|Red Raiders baseball]] team to a 10–17 record from 1928 to 1929.<ref>[https://archive.is/20120714182533/http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/text-m-basebl-a-coach.html Baseball - Texas Tech Red Raiders :: The Official Athletic Site]</ref> He was also the head coach of the [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football]] team in 1929, tallying a mark of 1–7–2. He was the [[athletic director]] at Texas Tech from 1927 to 1929. Higginbotham played [[college football]] and [[college baseball]] at [[Texas A&M University]].<ref>http://www.myaggienation.com/athletics_history/football/year_by_year/article_e2ad0dd2-f6fa-11e2-a97c-001a4bcf887a.html</ref> After graduating, he played in [[minor league baseball]] for several years. He was the older brother of [[Roswell G. Higginbotham]], who also played at Texas A&M and became a college baseball coach.
'''Grailey Hewett''' "'''Grady'''" '''Higginbotham''' (December 31, 1892 – February 10, 1989) was an [[American football]] and [[baseball]] player, coach of football, [[basketball]], and [[baseball]], and college athletics administrator. Commonly known as Grady, he was also nicknamed "Big Hig".
==Biography==
Higginbotham was the first head coach of the [[Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball]] team, leading it to a 14–18 record from 1925 to 1927.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-pastres.html |title=Men's Basketball - Texas Tech Red Raiders: The Official Athletic Site |access-date=August 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421163119/http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-pastres.html |archive-date=April 21, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Higginbotham coached the [[Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball|Red Raiders baseball]] team to a 10–17 record from 1928 to 1929.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120714182533/http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/text-m-basebl-a-coach.html Baseball - Texas Tech Red Raiders :: The Official Athletic Site]</ref> He was also the head coach of the [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football]] team in 1929, tallying a mark of 1–7–2. He was the [[athletic director]] at Texas Tech from 1927 to 1929. Higginbotham played [[college football]] and [[college baseball]] at [[Texas A&M University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myaggienation.com/athletics_history/football/year_by_year/article_e2ad0dd2-f6fa-11e2-a97c-001a4bcf887a.html|title = 1912}}</ref> After graduating, he played in [[minor league baseball]] for several years. He was the older brother of [[Roswell G. Higginbotham]], who also played at Texas A&M and became a college baseball coach.


==Head coaching record==
==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Daniel Baker Hillbillies football|Daniel Baker Hillbillies]]
| name = [[Daniel Baker Hill Billies football|Daniel Baker Hill Billies]]
| conf = [[Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
| conf = [[Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
| startyear = 1924
| startyear = 1924
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| championship =
| championship =
| year = [[1924 college football season|1924]]
| year = [[1924 college football season|1924]]
| name = [[1924 Daniel Baker Hillbillies football team|Daniel Baker]]
| name = [[1924 Daniel Baker Hill Billies football team|Daniel Baker]]
| overall = 3–6–1
| overall = 3–6–1
| conference =
| conference = 2–4–1
| confstanding =
| confstanding = T–8th
| bowlname =
| bowlname =
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| name = Daniel Baker
| name = Daniel Baker
| overall = 3–6–1
| overall = 3–6–1
| confrecord =
| confrecord = 2–4–1
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
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| name = [[1929 Texas Tech Matadors football team|Texas Tech]]
| name = [[1929 Texas Tech Matadors football team|Texas Tech]]
| overall = 1–7–2
| overall = 1–7–2
| conference =
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| name = Texas Tech
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 1–7–2
| overall = 1–7–2
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| legend = no
| legend = no
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Source:<ref>{{cite web | title=2009 Media Supplement | publisher=Texas Tech University | accessdate=December 30, 2009 | url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/text/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2009mediasupplement.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref>


===Basketball===
===Basketball===
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| legend = no
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Source:<ref name="MediaGuide">{{cite web|title=2009–10 Texas Tech Red Raiders Basketball Media Guide |url=http://www.texastech.com/photos/schools/text/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0910-complete-mediaguide.pdf |publisher=[[Texas Tech University]] |accessdate=January 4, 2010 |format=PDF }}{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


===Baseball===
===Baseball===
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Source:<ref>http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/text/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/07mediaguidesectionSIX.pdf p. 140</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1892 births]]
[[Category:1892 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:American basketball coaches]]
[[Category:American men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Basketball coaches from Texas]]
[[Category:American football fullbacks]]
[[Category:American football fullbacks]]
[[Category:Daniel Baker Hillbillies football coaches]]
[[Category:Daniel Baker Hillbillies football coaches]]
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[[Category:Players of American football from Texas]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Texas]]
[[Category:All-Southern college football players]]
[[Category:All-Southern college football players]]



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Latest revision as of 06:51, 18 December 2024

Grady Higginbotham
Higginbotham pictured in La Ventana 1927, Texas Tech yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1892-12-31)December 31, 1892
Texas, U.S.
DiedFebruary 10, 1989(1989-02-10) (aged 96)
Texas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1912Texas A&M
Baseball
1912Texas A&M
1913Denison Blue Sox
1914Dubuque Dubs
1915–1916Denison Railroaders
1916Sherman Lions
Position(s)Fullback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1924Daniel Baker
1925–1928Texas Tech (assistant)
1929Texas Tech
Basketball
1925–1927Texas Tech
Baseball
1922Sherman Red Sox
1928–1929Texas Tech
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1927–1929Texas Tech
Head coaching record
Overall4–13–3 (football)
12–18 (basketball)
10–17 (college baseball)

Grailey Hewett "Grady" Higginbotham (December 31, 1892 – February 10, 1989) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. Commonly known as Grady, he was also nicknamed "Big Hig".

Biography

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Higginbotham was the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team, leading it to a 14–18 record from 1925 to 1927.[1] Higginbotham coached the Red Raiders baseball team to a 10–17 record from 1928 to 1929.[2] He was also the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team in 1929, tallying a mark of 1–7–2. He was the athletic director at Texas Tech from 1927 to 1929. Higginbotham played college football and college baseball at Texas A&M University.[3] After graduating, he played in minor league baseball for several years. He was the older brother of Roswell G. Higginbotham, who also played at Texas A&M and became a college baseball coach.

Head coaching record

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Football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Daniel Baker Hill Billies (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1924)
1924 Daniel Baker 3–6–1 2–4–1 T–8th
Daniel Baker: 3–6–1 2–4–1
Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1929)
1929 Texas Tech 1–7–2
Texas Tech: 1–7–2
Total: 4–13–3

Basketball

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
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

Baseball

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1928–1929)
1928 Texas Tech 8–6
1929 Texas Tech 2–11
Texas Tech: 10–17
Total: 10–17

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Basketball - Texas Tech Red Raiders: The Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  2. ^ Baseball - Texas Tech Red Raiders :: The Official Athletic Site
  3. ^ "1912".
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