James H. Law
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Playing career
Law attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania., where he was the captain of the 1921 Lincoln Lions football team.[1]
Coaching career
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]
Head coaching record
Football
| 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 | 4–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1927 | Prairie View | 4–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1928 | Prairie View | 5–3–1 | 3–2 | L Prairie View | |||||
| Prairie View: | 13–7–3 | 9–4–2 | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
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