Grady Higginbotham
# Grady Higginbotham

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. Higginbotham coached the Red Raiders baseball team to a 10–17 record from 1928 to 1929. 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. 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

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Daniel Baker Hill Billies (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1924) ||||||
| 1924 | Daniel Baker | 3–6–1 | 2–4–1 | T–8th |
| Daniel Baker: | Daniel Baker: | 3–6–1 | 2–4–1 | |
| Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1929) ||||||
| 1929 | Texas Tech | 1–7–2 | | |
| Texas Tech: | Texas Tech: | 1–7–2 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 4–13–3 | | |

### Basketball

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall |
| - | - | - |
| Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1925–1927) ||||||
| 1925–26 | Texas Tech | 6–8 |
| 1926–27 | Texas Tech | 8–10 |
| Texas Tech: | Texas Tech: | 14–18 |
| Total: | Total: | 14–18 |

### Baseball

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall |
| - | - | - |
| Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1928–1929) ||||||
| 1928 | Texas Tech | 8–6 |
| 1929 | Texas Tech | 2–11 |
| Texas Tech: | Texas Tech: | 10–17 |
| Total: | Total: | 10–17 |
