Ted Chambers | |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1900 |
Birth Place: | Union, West Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1920 |
Player Team2: | Howard |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1926–1928 |
Coach Team2: | Manassas Industrial (VA) |
Coach Years3: | 1944 |
Coach Team3: | Howard |
Coach Sport4: | Soccer |
Coach Years5: | ? |
Coach Team5: | Howard |
Overall Record: | 1–4 (college football) 104–27–11 (college soccer) |
James T. "Ted" Chambers (November 6, 1900 – April 14, 1992) was an American football and soccer coach. He served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1944, compiling a record of 1–4.[1] He also began the school's soccer program.[2]
One of his first coaching assignments was at the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth.[3]
Chambers was born in Union, West Virginia. He earned a master's degree in physical education from the University of Pittsburgh. Chambers died on April 14, 1992, at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. after suffering from pneumonia and heart ailments.[4]