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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Grady Higginbotham
| image = RGHigginbotham.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Higginbotham pictured in ''La Ventana 1927'', Texas Tech yearbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|12|31}}
| birth_place = [[Texas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|2|10|1892|12|31}}
| death_place = [[Texas]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1912
| player_team2 = [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]
| player_positions = [[Fullback (gridiron football)|Fullback]] (football)
| player_sport3 = Baseball
| player_years4 = 1912
| player_team4 = [[Texas A&M Aggies baseball|Texas A&M]]
| player_years5 = 1913
| player_team5 = [[Denison Blue Sox]]
| player_years6 = 1914
| player_team6 = [[Dubuque Dubs]]
| player_years7 = 1915–1916
| player_team7 = [[Denison Railroaders]]
| player_years8 = 1916
| player_team8 = [[Sherman Lions]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1924
| coach_team2 = [[Daniel Baker Hill Billies football|Daniel Baker]]
| coach_years3 = 1925–1928
| coach_team3 = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1929
| coach_team4 = Texas Tech
| coach_sport5 = Basketball
| coach_years6 = 1925–1927
| coach_team6 = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball|Texas Tech]]
| coach_sport7 = Baseball
| coach_years8 = 1922
| coach_team8 = Sherman Red Sox
| coach_years9 = 1928–1929
| coach_team9 = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball|Texas Tech]]
| admin_years1 = 1927–1929
| admin_team1 = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders|Texas Tech]]
| overall_record = 4–13–3 (football)<br>12–18 (basketball)<br>10–17 (college baseball)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships =
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-pastres.html |title=Men's Basketball - Texas Tech Red Raiders: The Official Athletic Site |access-date=August 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421163119/http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/text-m-baskbl-a-pastres.html |archive-date=April 21, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Higginbotham coached the [[Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball|Red Raiders baseball]] team to a 10–17 record from 1928 to 1929.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120714182533/http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/text-m-basebl-a-coach.html Baseball - Texas Tech Red Raiders :: The Official Athletic Site]</ref>  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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myaggienation.com/athletics_history/football/year_by_year/article_e2ad0dd2-f6fa-11e2-a97c-001a4bcf887a.html|title = 1912}}</ref>  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===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Daniel Baker Hill Billies football|Daniel Baker Hill Billies]]
 | conf      = [[Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
 | startyear = 1924
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1924 college football season|1924]]
 | name         = [[1924 Daniel Baker Hill Billies football team|Daniel Baker]]
 | overall      = 3–6–1
 | conference   = 2–4–1
 | confstanding = T–8th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Daniel Baker
 | overall    = 3–6–1
 | confrecord = 2–4–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech Matadors]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1929
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1929 college football season|1929]]
 | name         = [[1929 Texas Tech Matadors football team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 1–7–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Texas Tech
 | overall    = 1–7–2
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 4–13–3
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

===Basketball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball|Texas Tech Matadors]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1925
 | endyear    = 1927
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1925–26
 | name         = [[1925–26 Texas Tech Matadors men's basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 6–8
 | conference   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1926–27
 | name         = [[1926–27 Texas Tech Matadors men's basketball team|Texas Tech]]
 | overall      = 8–10
 | conference   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Texas Tech
 | overall    = 14–18
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = 14–18
 | legend  = no
}}

===Baseball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball|Texas Tech Matadors]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1928
 | endyear    = 1929
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1928
 | name         = Texas Tech
 | overall      = 8–6
 | conference   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1929
 | name         = Texas Tech
 | overall      = 2–11
 | conference   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name      = Texas Tech
 | overall   = 10–17
 |confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = 10–17
 | legend  = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Baseballstats |brm=higgin001g-- }}
* {{Find a Grave}}

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[[Category:1892 births]]
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[[Category:American men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Basketball coaches from Texas]]
[[Category:American football fullbacks]]
[[Category:Daniel Baker Hillbillies football coaches]]
[[Category:Denison Blue Sox players]]
[[Category:Denison Railroaders players]]
[[Category:Dubuque Dubs players]]
[[Category:Minor league baseball managers]]
[[Category:Sherman Lions players]]
[[Category:Texas A&M Aggies baseball players]]
[[Category:Texas A&M Aggies football players]]
[[Category:Texas Tech Red Raiders athletic directors]]
[[Category:Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball coaches]]
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[[Category:Players of American football from Texas]]
[[Category:All-Southern college football players]]


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