J. T. King

J. T. King

King in 1967
Biographical details
Born	(1912-10-22)October 22, 1912 Wilmot, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	January 27, 1993(1993-01-27) (aged 80) Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1935–1937	Texas
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1942–1945	Enid HS (OK)
1946–1947	Tulane (assistant)
1948–1949	Texas A&M (assistant)
1950–1952	Texas (assistant)
1954–1956	Texas (assistant)
1957–1960	Texas Tech (assistant)
1961–1969	Texas Tech
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1970–1978	Texas Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	44–45–3 (college)
Bowls	0–2

J. T. King (October 22, 1912 – January 27, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Tech University from 1961 to 1969, compiling a record of a 44–45–3. King was the athletic director at Texas Tech from 1970 to 1978.

Born in Wilmot, Arkansas, King graduated from Houston Reagan High School. Collegiately, he played offensive guard under coach Dana X. Bible at Texas. He later served as an assistant coach at his alma mater from 1950 to 1952 and again from 1954 to 1956.

King was appointed head coach at Texas Tech on November 29, 1960, after DeWitt Weaver resigned to enter private business in Alabama.^[1]

King was inducted to the University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor in 1981.^[2] He died from cancer, on January 27, 1993, in Lubbock, Texas.^[3]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Southwest Conference) (1960–1969)
1961	Texas Tech	4–6	2–5	T–6th
1962	Texas Tech	1–9	0–7	8th
1963	Texas Tech	5–5	2–5	T–6th
1964	Texas Tech	6–4–1	3–3–1	T–4th	L Sun
1965	Texas Tech	8–3	5–2	T–2nd	L Gator	10
1966	Texas Tech	4–6	2–5	T–6th
1967	Texas Tech	6–4	5–2	2nd
1968	Texas Tech	5–3–2	4–3	4th
1969	Texas Tech	5–5	4–3	T–3rd
Texas Tech:		44–45–3	27–35–1
Total:		44–45–3
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
2. "Profile at TexasSports.com". Archived from the original on May 29, 2006. Retrieved October 11, 2007.
3. "Former Texas Tech coach J T King dies of cancer". Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. Associated Press. January 27, 1993. p. C2. Retrieved February 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

• J. T. King at Find a Grave