James Hezekiah Law (born December 28, 1899) was an American football player and coach, basketball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1922, Samuel Huston College in Austin, Texas in 1922, Morgan College—now known as Morgan State University—in Baltimore from 1924 to 1925, and Prairie View Normal and Industrial College—now known as Prairie View A&M University—in Prairie View, Texas from 1926 to 1928.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 28, 1899 Kimball, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1921 | Lincoln (PA) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922 | Lincoln (PA) |
| 1923 | Samuel Huston |
| 1924–1925 | Morgan |
| 1926–1928 | Prairie View |
| Basketball | |
| 1922–1923 | Lincoln (PA) |
| 1924–1926 | Morgan |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1922–1923 | Lincoln (PA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 32–14–5 (football, excluding Samuel Huston) |
| Bowls | 0–2 |
Playing career
editLaw attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania., where he was the captain of the 1921 Lincoln Lions football team.[1]
Coaching career
editLaw began his coaching career in 1922 when he appointed athletic director and coach of football, basketball, baseball, and track and field at his alma mater, Lincoln University.[1] In 1923, He was the football coach at Samuel Huston College—later merged into Huston–Tillotson University—in Austin, Texas.[2] The following year, Law went to Morgan College—now known as Morgan State University—in Baltimore as head of the physical education department and athletic coach.[3]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Lions (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1922) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Lincoln | 6–3 | 1–2 | 6th | |||||
| Lincoln: | 6–3 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Samuel Huston Dragons (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1923) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Samuel Huston | ||||||||
| Samuel Huston: | |||||||||
| Morgan Bears (Independent) (1924–1925) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Morgan | 2–2 | |||||||
| 1925 | Morgan | 4–1–1 | |||||||
| Morgan: | 6–2–1 | ||||||||
| Prairie View Panthers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1926–1929) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Prairie View | 4–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1927 | Prairie View | 4–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1928 | Prairie View | 5–3–1 | 3–2 | L Prairie View | |||||
| Prairie View: | 13–7–3 | 9–4–2 | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "James E. Law to Coach Lincoln's Football Team". The New York Age. New York, New York. September 22, 1922. p. 6. Retrieved July 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Coaches Texas School". The Afro-American. Baltimore, Maryland. September 28, 1923. p. 15. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Many New Faces At Morgan College". Baltimore Afro-American. Baltimore, Maryland. September 5, 1924. p. 16. Retrieved September 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
