 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 anAmerican football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach atTexas Tech University from 1961 to 1969, compiling a record of a 44–45–3. King was theathletic director at Texas Tech from 1970 to 1978.
Born inWilmot, Arkansas, King graduated fromHouston Reagan High School. Collegiately, he playedoffensive guard under coachDana X. Bible atTexas. 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, afterDeWitt Weaver resigned to enter private business inAlabama.[1]
King was inducted to theUniversity of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor in 1981.[2] He died from cancer, on January 27, 1993, inLubbock, Texas.[3]
| 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 | LSun | ||||
| 1965 | Texas Tech | 8–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | LGator | 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 | ||||||||
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