Roswell G. Higginbotham

Roswell G. Higginbotham
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Born	(1898-08-15)August 15, 1898 Howe, Texas
Died	May 25, 1943 Quonset Point, Rhode Island
Playing career
Football
1917, 1919–1920	Texas A&M
Baseball
1922	Paris Snappers
Position(s)	Running back (football) Shortstop (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1940	SMU (freshmen)
Baseball
1930–1935	Texas A&M
1936–1942	SMU
Head coaching record
Overall	105–116–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 SWC (1931, 1934)

Roswell G. "Little Hig" Higginbotham (August 15, 1898 – May 25, 1943) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He died on May 25, 1943 at Naval Air Station Quonset Point.^[1] He was the younger brother of Grady Higginbotham.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1930–1935)
1930	Texas A&M	16–6	8–6	4th
1931	Texas A&M	12–6	9–1	1st
1932	Texas A&M	7–11–1	5–11	5th
1933	Texas A&M	9–10	5–5	3rd
1934	Texas A&M	10–7–1	9–3	1st
1935	Texas A&M	10–8–1	5–6	2nd
Texas A&M:		64–48–3	41–32
SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1936–1942)
1936	SMU	3–17	2–13	6th
1937	SMU	6–12	4–11	5th
1938	SMU	8–6	7–6	4th
1939	SMU	5–10	5–10	T–4th
1940	SMU	6–7	6–7	4th
1941	SMU	6–8	6–8	4th
1942	SMU	7–8	7–8	T–3rd
SMU:		41–68	37–63
Total:		105–116–3
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ AP (May 27, 1943). "Lieut. R. G. Higginbotham". The New York Times. Retrieved December 26, 2015.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Roswell G. Higginbotham at Find a Grave

Texas A&M Aggies head baseball coaches

Wirt Spencer (1904–1908)
Charley Moran (1909–1914)
Con Lucid (1915)
D. V. Graves (1916–1919)
Dana X. Bible (1920–1921)
Gene Cochrehan (1922)
H. H. House (1923–1924)
Claude Rothgeb (1925–1927)
Bob Countryman (1928–1929)
Roswell G. Higginbotham (1930–1935)
Jules V. Sikes (1936–1937)
Marty Karow (1938–1941)
Lil Dimmit (1942)
Homer H. Norton (1943–1944)
A. E. Jones (1945)
Lil Dimmit (1946–1947)
Marty Karow (1948–1950)
Beau Bell (1951–1958)
Tom Chandler (1959–1984)
Mark Johnson (1985–2005)
Rob Childress (2006– )

SMU Mustangs head baseball coaches

Ewing Y. Freeland (1923–1924) James W. St. Clair (1927) James W. St. Clair (1931–1933) Roswell G. Higginbotham (1936–1942) Redman Hume (1945) Lloyd Messersmith (1946–1948) Alex Hooks (1949–1964) Bob Finley (1965–1976) Steve Adair (1977–1980)

1919 Texas A&M Aggies football—national champions

Roswell G. Higginbotham Cap Murrah Head coach: Dana X. Bible

1927 Texas A&M Aggies football—national champions

Herschel Burgess Joel Hunt Head coach: Dana X. Bible Assistant coach: Roswell G. Higginbotham

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