James H. Law
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 28, 1899 Stonega, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | June 9, 1966 (aged 66) Houston, Texas, 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 |
| 1929 | Houston Junior College |
| Basketball | |
| 1922–1923 | Lincoln (PA) |
| 1924–1926 | Morgan |
| Baseball | |
| 1924 | Lincoln (PA) |
| 1927–1929 | Prairie View |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1922–1923 | Lincoln (PA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Bowls | 0–2 |
James Hezekiah "Johnny" Law Jr. (December 28, 1899 – July 9, 1966) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach, athletics administrator, and educator. 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.
Playing career
[edit]Law attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania., where he was the captain of the 1921 Lincoln Lions football team.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]Law 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]
in 1929, Law coached football at Houston Colored Junior College—now known as Texas Southern University—in Houston.[4]
Later life and death
[edit]In Houston, Law worked as a sportswriter for the Houston Informer, the director of the Colored Branch YMCA, and the athletic director at Emancipation Park. He then coached and taught biology at Yates High School before serving as assistant principal at Miller Junior High School and Wheatley High School prior to his retirement in 1964. Law died on July 9, 1966, at his home in Houston.[5]
Head coaching record
[edit]College football
[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 | 5–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1927 | Prairie View | 4–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1928 | Prairie View | 5–3–1 | 3–2 | 3rd | L Prairie View | ||||
| Prairie View: | 14–7–3 | 9–4–2 | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
References
[edit]- 1 2 "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 .
- ↑ "Paul Quinn Faces A Hard Schedule". Waco Tribune-Herald. Waco, Texas. September 9, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved April 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "James Law Services Are Set Today". The Houston Post. Houston, Texas. June 11, 1966. p. 20, section 3. Retrieved April 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Jim Law". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
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