Jimmy R. Haygood

Jimmy R. Haygood

Biographical details
Born	(1882-07-20)July 20, 1882 Humphreys County, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	January 18, 1935(1935-01-18) (aged 52) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1904–1905	Vanderbilt
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1907–1918	Henderson/Henderson-Brown
1920–1924	Henderson-Brown
1925–1927	Florida Southern
1928–1930	Alabama (freshmen)
1931–1934	Southwestern (TN)
Basketball
1912–1917	Henderson-Brown
1925–1926	Florida Southern
Track
1928–1931	Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall	75–79–17 (football) 17–15 (basketball)

James Raymond Haygood (July 20, 1882 – January 18, 1935) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He played for Dan McGugin's first Vanderbilt Commodores football team in 1904. Haygood served as the head football coach at Henderson-Brown College—now known as Henderson State University—from 1907 to 1918 and again from 1920 to 1924, at Florida Southern College from 1925 to 1927, and at Southwestern University—now known as Rhodes College—from 1931 to 1934.^[1]

A native of Waverly, Tennessee, Haygood played college football at Vanderbilt University as quarterback in 1904 and 1905, on teams coached by Dan McGugin.^[2] He died of a heart attack, on January 18, 1935, in Little Rock, Arkansas.^[3]