title: Grady Higginbotham
text: # 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 |
  