{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Short description|American athlete and coach (1892–1989)}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Grady Higginbotham | image = RGHigginbotham.jpg | alt = | caption = Higginbotham pictured in ''La Ventana 1927'', Texas Tech yearbook | birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|12|31}} | birth_place = Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|2|10|1892|12|31}} | death_place = Texas, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1912 | player_team2 = Texas A&M | player_positions = Fullback (football) | player_sport3 = Baseball | player_years4 = 1912 | player_team4 = Texas A&M | player_years5 = 1913 | player_team5 = Denison Blue Sox | player_years6 = 1914 | player_team6 = Dubuque Dubs | player_years7 = 1915–1916 | player_team7 = Denison Railroaders | player_years8 = 1916 | player_team8 = Sherman Lions | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1924 | coach_team2 = Daniel Baker | coach_years3 = 1925–1928 | coach_team3 = Texas Tech (assistant) | coach_years4 = 1929 | coach_team4 = Texas Tech | coach_sport5 = Basketball | coach_years6 = 1925–1927 | coach_team6 = Texas Tech | coach_sport7 = Baseball | coach_years8 = 1922 | coach_team8 = Sherman Red Sox | coach_years9 = 1928–1929 | coach_team9 = Texas Tech | admin_years1 = 1927–1929 | admin_team1 = Texas Tech | overall_record = 4–13–3 (football)<br>12–18 (basketball)<br>10–17 (college baseball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''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 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== ===Football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Daniel Baker Hill Billies | conf = Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association | startyear = 1924 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1924 | name = Daniel Baker | overall = 3–6–1 | conference = 2–4–1 | confstanding = T–8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Daniel Baker | overall = 3–6–1 | confrecord = 2–4–1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Texas Tech Matadors | conf = Independent | startyear = 1929 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1929 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 1–7–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Texas Tech | overall = 1–7–2 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 4–13–3 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
===Basketball=== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Texas Tech Matadors | conference = Independent | startyear = 1925 | endyear = 1927 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1925–26 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 6–8 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1926–27 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 8–10 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Texas Tech | overall = 14–18 | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 14–18 | legend = no }}
===Baseball=== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Texas Tech Matadors | conference = Independent | startyear = 1928 | endyear = 1929 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1928 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 8–6 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1929 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 2–11 | conference = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Texas Tech | overall = 10–17 |confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 10–17 | legend = no }}
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==External links== * {{Baseballstats |brm=higgin001g-- }} * {{Find a Grave}}
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