James Lytle | |
Birth Date: | 22 February 1901 |
Birth Place: | Union County, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1920s |
Player Team2: | Shaw |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1920s |
Player Team4: | Shaw |
Player Sport5: | Baseball |
Player Years6: | 1920s |
Player Team6: | Shaw |
Player Positions: | End (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1927 |
Coach Team2: | Morris Brown |
Coach Years3: | 1928–1929 |
Coach Team3: | Shaw |
Coach Years4: | 1930–1931 |
Coach Team4: | Arkansas AM&N |
Coach Years5: | 1934–1945 |
Coach Team5: | Shaw |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1928–1930 |
Coach Team7: | Shaw |
Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
Coach Years9: | 1929–1930 |
Coach Team9: | Shaw |
Coach Years10: | ?–1978 |
Coach Team10: | Shaw |
Admin Years1: | 1957–1978 |
Admin Team1: | Shaw |
James E. Lytle Jr. (February 22, 1901 – July 17, 1987)[1] was an American football, basketball, baseball, and golf coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Morris Brown College in Atlanta in 1927, Shaw University from 1928 to 1929 and again from 1934 to 1954, and Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N)—now known as University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff—from 1930 to 1931.[2] Lytle was also the athletic director at Shaw from 1957 to 1978.
Lytle graduated from Shaw in 1921 and later earned a Master of Arts degree in physical education from Columbia University.[3]
In 1975, Lytle was the first person inducted into the Shaw University Athletic Hall of Fame.[4] In 1993, he was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.[5] Lytle died on July 17, 1987, following an illness.[6]