John B. Reid | |
Birth Date: | 25 February 1896 |
Birth Place: | Woodville, Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Woodville, Texas, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1914–1915 |
Player Team2: | Baylor |
Player Years3: | 1917 |
Player Team3: | Baylor |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1925–1928 |
Coach Team2: | North Texas State Teachers |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1924–1929 |
Coach Team4: | North Texas State Teachers |
Coach Years5: | 1929–1935 |
Coach Team5: | Texas A&M |
Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
Coach Years7: | 1925–1926 |
Coach Team7: | North Texas State Teachers |
Overall Record: | 16–18–3 (football) 144–84 (basketball) 7–11 (baseball) |
John Bond Reid[1] (February 25, 1896 – December 21, 1963) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as head football coach at North Texas State Teachers College, now the University of North Texas, from 1925 to 1928, compiling a record of 16–18–3. Reid was also the head basketball coach at North Texas State Teachers from 1924 to 1929 and at Texas A&M University from 1929 to 1935, amassing a career college basketball record of 144–84. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at North Texas State Teachers College from 1925 to 1926, tallying a mark 7–11. He died of prostate cancer in 1963. He is interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Woodville.