Louis_L._Watson

Louis L. Watson

Louis L. Watson

American football coach and administrator

Louis Lee Watson (born April 9, 1895) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute—now known as Virginia State University–from 1921 to 1922 and at Howard University in 1923 and from 1925 to 1927.[1] Watson graduated from Howard in 1917 and played football at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1919 and 1920.[2]

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In 1928, Watson began coaching at the Bordentown School in Bordentown, New Jersey.[3] He returned to Howard in 1945 as athletic director.[4]

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  1. [1]
    Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "New Mentor To Take Place of Morrison, Charley West To Aid". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. December 20, 1924. p. 13. Retrieved July 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. [3]
    "Watson Now Coaching Bordentown Eleven". The New York Age. New York, New York. October 6, 1928. p. 6. Retrieved July 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. [4]
    "Hail Return of Louis Watson As Football Coach at Howard". California Eagle. Los Angeles, California. June 7, 1945. p. 15. Retrieved July 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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