James H. Law | |
Birth Date: | 28 December 1899 |
Birth Place: | Kimball, West Virginia, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1921 |
Player Team2: | Lincoln (PA) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1922 |
Coach Team2: | Lincoln (PA) |
Coach Years3: | 1923 |
Coach Team3: | Samuel Huston |
Coach Years4: | 1924–1925 |
Coach Team4: | Morgan |
Coach Years5: | 1926–1928 |
Coach Team5: | Prairie View |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1922–1923 |
Coach Team7: | Lincoln (PA) |
Coach Years8: | 1924–1926 |
Coach Team8: | Morgan |
Admin Years1: | 1922–1923 |
Admin Team1: | Lincoln (PA) |
Overall Record: | 32–14–5 (football, excluding Samuel Huston) |
Bowl Record: | 0–2 |
James Hezekiah Law (born December 28, 1899) was an American football player and coach, basketball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1922, Samuel Huston College in Austin, Texas in 1922, Morgan College—now known as Morgan State University—in Baltimore from 1924 to 1925, and Prairie View Normal and Industrial College—now known as Prairie View A&M University—in Prairie View, Texas from 1926 to 1928.
Law attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania., where he was the captain of the 1921 Lincoln Lions football team.[1]
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]