Grady Higginbotham

Grady Higginbotham
Biographical details
Higginbotham pictured in La Ventana 1927, Texas Tech yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, baseball, basketball
Born	(1892-12-31)December 31, 1892 Texas
Died	February 10, 1989(1989-02-10) (aged 96) Texas
Playing career
Football
1912	Texas A&M
Baseball
1912	Texas A&M
1913	Denison Blue Sox
1914	Dubuque Dubs
1915–1916	Denison Railroaders
1916	Sherman Lions
Position(s)	Fullback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1929	Texas Tech
Basketball
1925–1927	Texas Tech
Baseball
1922	Sherman Red Sox
1928–1929	Texas Tech
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1927–1929	Texas Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	1–7–2 (football) 12–18 (basketball) 10–17 (college baseball)

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.^[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 or 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

Year	Team	Overall
Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1929)
1929	Texas Tech	1–7–2
Texas Tech:		1–7–2
Total:		1–7–2

Source:^[4]

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:^[5]

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

Source:^[6]

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) James "T" Jones (1985–1992) Robert Bockrath (1992–1995) Gerald Myers (1996–2011) Kirby Hocutt (2011– )

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– )

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 (2013–2016)
Chris Beard (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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