College Football Coach of Prairie View A&M University and Morris Brown College. He was the NAIA Coach of the Year in 1958 and his teams were declared the Black College National Champions for five years. He took his first collegiate head coaching position at his alma mater, Morris Brown College. He was head football coach at Morris Brown from 1930 to 1935, again from 1937 to 1939 and for two more years in 1941 and 1942. His record at Morris Brown was 66-22-13 for 11 years, and was honored by the Pittsburgh Courier when his 1941 team was named "Black College National Champions." He was the eighth head coach for the Prairie View A&M University Panthers and he held that position for seventeen seasons (20 years overall), from 1945 to 1965. In the days of segregation, he had to pick nearly every good black high school player in Texas. A good number of them went into coaching; at one point, nearly all of the black high school coaches had played for him. He often called his former players to send their best prospects to "The Hill," and wasn't above threatening to have them fired if they didn't do so. His career coaching record at Prairie View was 126 wins, 38 losses, and 8 ties, as well as being named NAIA Coach of the Year in 1958 including 6 Southwestern Athletic Conferences titles and 5 Black College National Championships (1953, 1954, 1958, 1963 and 1964). As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him first at Prairie View in total wins and second in Prairie View in winning percentage (0.756). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
College Football Coach of Prairie View A&M University and Morris Brown College. He was the NAIA Coach of the Year in 1958 and his teams were declared the Black College National Champions for five years. He took his first collegiate head coaching position at his alma mater, Morris Brown College. He was head football coach at Morris Brown from 1930 to 1935, again from 1937 to 1939 and for two more years in 1941 and 1942. His record at Morris Brown was 66-22-13 for 11 years, and was honored by the Pittsburgh Courier when his 1941 team was named "Black College National Champions." He was the eighth head coach for the Prairie View A&M University Panthers and he held that position for seventeen seasons (20 years overall), from 1945 to 1965. In the days of segregation, he had to pick nearly every good black high school player in Texas. A good number of them went into coaching; at one point, nearly all of the black high school coaches had played for him. He often called his former players to send their best prospects to "The Hill," and wasn't above threatening to have them fired if they didn't do so. His career coaching record at Prairie View was 126 wins, 38 losses, and 8 ties, as well as being named NAIA Coach of the Year in 1958 including 6 Southwestern Athletic Conferences titles and 5 Black College National Championships (1953, 1954, 1958, 1963 and 1964). As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him first at Prairie View in total wins and second in Prairie View in winning percentage (0.756). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
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