Jimmy Kitts
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Dallas County, Texas | June 14, 1900
Died | December 13, 1952 El Paso, Texas | (aged 52)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1918–1921 | SMU |
Basketball | |
1919–1922 | SMU |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1924–1925 | Dallas |
1926–1929 | Athens HS (TX) |
1931–1933 | Rice (freshmen) |
1934–1939 | Rice |
1941 | VPI |
1946–1947 | VPI |
Basketball | |
1923–1926 | Dallas |
1926–1929 | Athens HS (TX) |
1932–1938 | Rice |
Baseball | |
1925–1926 | Dallas |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 57–47–9 (college football) 75–73 (college basketball) 21–12 (college baseball) |
Bowls | 1–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 2 SWC (1934, 1937) | |
James Roland Kitts (June 14, 1900 – December 13, 1952)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball[2] player and coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Dallas from 1924 to 1925, Rice Institute—now Rice University–from 1934 to 1939 and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1941 and from 1946 to 1947. Kitts was also the head basketball coach at Rice from 1932 to 1938, tallying a mark of 58–56. Kitts was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1956.[3]
Coaching career[]
Kitts was hired as the head football coach at the University of Dallas in December 1923.[4]
From 1934 to 1939, Kitts coached at Rice, and compiled a 33–29–4 record. His 1934 team went 9–1–1, however his 1939 team went 1–9–1.
Death[]
Kitts died on December 13, 1952 in El Paso, Texas.[5]
Head coaching record[]
College football[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
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Dallas Hilltoppers (Independent) (1924–1925) | |||||||||
1924 | Dallas | 4–3–1 | |||||||
1925 | Dallas | 7–2–1 | |||||||
Dallas: | 11–5–2 | ||||||||
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1934–1939) | |||||||||
1934 | Rice | 9–1–1 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
1935 | Rice | 8–3 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1936 | Rice | 5–7 | 1–5 | T–6th | |||||
1937 | Rice | 6–3–2 | 4–1–1 | 1st | W Cotton | 18 | |||
1938 | Rice | 4–6 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
1939 | Rice | 1–9–1 | 0–5–1 | 7th | |||||
Rice: | 33–29–4 | 16–18–2 | |||||||
VPI Gobblers (Southern Conference) (1941) | |||||||||
1941 | VPI | 6–4 | 4–2 | T–5th | |||||
VPI Gobblers (Southern Conference) (1946–1947) | |||||||||
1946 | VPI | 3–4–3 | 3–3–2 | T–7th | L Sun | ||||
1947 | VPI | 4–5 | 4–3 | 8th | |||||
VPI: | 13–13–3 | 11–8–2 | |||||||
Total: | 57–47–9 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ James Kitts' profile in the Texas Death Index
- ^ University of Dallas Baseball Records (accessed June 3, 2012).
- ^ Jimmy Kitts profile at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame(accessed March 19, 2020)
- ^ Gregory, Lloyd (December 15, 1923). "Sports News And Comments". Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. p. 3. Retrieved August 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Former Rice Coach, Jimmy Kitts, Dies". The Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 15, 1952. Retrieved October 20, 2011 – via Google News.
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