James Lytle
James E. Lytle Jr. (February 22, 1901 – July 17, 1987)[1] was an American football, basketball, baseball, and golf coach and college athletics administrator. He seed as the head football coach at Morris Brown College in Atlanta in 1927, Shaw University from 1928 to 1929 and again from 1934 to 1954, and Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N)—now known as University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff—from 1930 to 1931.[2] Lytle was also the athletic director at Shaw from 1957 to 1978.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 22, 1901 Union County, North Carolina |
| Died | July 17, 1987 (aged 86) Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1920s | Shaw |
| Basketball | |
| 1920s | Shaw |
| Baseball | |
| 1920s | Shaw |
| Position(s) | End (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1927 | Morris Brown |
| 1928–1929 | Shaw |
| 1930–1931 | Arkansas AM&N |
| 1934–1945 | Shaw |
| Basketball | |
| 1928–1930 | Shaw |
| Baseball | |
| 1929–1930 | Shaw |
| ?–1978 | Shaw |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1957–1978 | Shaw |
Lytle graduated from Shaw in 1921 and later earned a Master of Arts degree in physical education from Columbia University.[3]
In 1975, Lytle was the first person inducted into the Shaw University Athletic Hall of Fame.[4] In 1993, he was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.[5]Lytle died on July 17, 1987, following an illness.[6]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Brown Wolverines (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1927) | |||||||||
| 1927 | Morris Brown | 2–3–2 | |||||||
| Morris Brown: | 2–3–2 | ||||||||
| Shaw Bears (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1928–1929) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Shaw | 1–6–1 | 1–3–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1929 | Shaw | 1–4–1 | 0–4–1 | ||||||
| Arkansas AM&N Golden Lions (Independent) (1930–1931) | |||||||||
| 1930 | Arkansas AM&N | 7–1 | |||||||
| 1931 | Arkansas AM&N | 4–3 | |||||||
| Arkansas AM&N: | 11–4 | ||||||||
| Shaw Bears (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1934–1945) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Shaw | 1–6–1 | 1–6 | 11th | |||||
| 1935 | Shaw | 4–4 | 3–3 | 8th | |||||
| 1936 | Shaw | 5–3—1 | 3–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1937 | Shaw | 1–6 | 12th | ||||||
| 1938 | Shaw | 6–1–2 | 4–1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1939 | Shaw | 4–5 | 3–5 | 10th | |||||
| 1940 | Shaw | 2–5–2 | 2–4–2 | 8th | |||||
| 1941 | Shaw | 4–4–1 | 4–3–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1942 | Shaw | 0–1 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
| 1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1945 | Shaw | 0–7 | 0–6 | 13th | |||||
| Shaw: | 22–44–7 | ||||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
References
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994". FamilySearch. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- DeLassus, David. "Arkansas-Pine Bluff Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
- "Lytle Named Coach At Shaw University". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. May 28, 1934. p. 9. Retrieved December 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
. - http://www.shawbears.com/information/History_and_Traditions/Hall_of_Fame
- http://www.ncshof.org/jameslytle
- "Shaw's longtime athletic director James Lytle dies". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. July 18, 1987. p. 31. Retrieved December 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .