Walter Lovett
American football player and coach (born 1929)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1929-01-05)January 5, 1929 Hampton, Virginia, U.S. |
Alma mater | Virginia State (1951) |
Playing career | |
1947–1950 | Virginia State |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1955–1963 | Newport News Carver HS (VA) |
1965–1969 | Virginia State (line) |
1970–1972 | Virginia State |
1974–1980 | Hampton |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 56–48–1 (college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 CIAA (1970, 1972) 1 CIAA Northern Division (1972) | |
Walter Lovett (born January 5, 1929) is a former American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Virginia State University from 1970 to 1972 and at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia from 1974 to 1980, compiling a career college football coaching record of 56–48–1.[2] Lovett was the line coach at Virginia State for five seasons prior to taking the head coaching position there.[3]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Virginia State Trojans (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1970–1972) | |||||||||
1970 | Virginia State | 8–2 | 6–1 | 2nd (Northern)[n 1] | |||||
1971 | Virginia State | 5–3–1 | 3–2 | 3rd (Northern) | |||||
1972 | Virginia State | 8–3 | 5–0 | 1st (Northern) | |||||
Virginia State: | 21–8–1 | 14–3 | |||||||
Hampton Pirates (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1974–1980) | |||||||||
1974 | Hampton | 3–7 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
1975 | Hampton | 5–5 | 5–3 | T–4th | |||||
1976 | Hampton | 7–4 | 6–2 | 2nd | |||||
1977 | Hampton | 7–4 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
1978 | Hampton | 5–6 | 4–4 | 8th | |||||
1979 | Hampton | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–6th | |||||
1980 | Hampton | 5–6 | 3–4 | T–7th | |||||
Hampton: | 35–40 | 28–26 | |||||||
Total: | 56–48–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
Notes
- ^ Morgan State won the CIAA's Northern Division title, but opted not to play in the CIAA championship game. Second-place Virginia State earned the Northern Division's playoff berth and beat Southern Division champion, Johnson C. Smith, in the conference title game.[4][5]
References
- ^ Anthony, Tony (May 21, 1992). "College Focus: The End Of An Era". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Walter Lovett". ehbcsports.com. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Walter Lovett hired at Virginia State". Digital NC. September 11, 1965. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "CIAA Windup Set". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. November 25, 1970. p. 17. Retrieved July 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Va. State Tops Smith". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. Associated Press. November 28, 1970. p. 13. Retrieved July 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
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Virginia State Trojans head football coaches
- No coach (1902)
- James Phillips & William Roberts (1903–1915)
- Walker Bacon (1916–1917)
- No team (1918)
- Gideon Smith (1919)
- Thomas Puryear (1920)
- Louis L. Watson (1921–1922)
- Harry C. Graves (1923)
- Sam B. Taylor (1924)
- Otis Finley (1925–1926)
- Harold D. Martin (1927–1932)
- T. D. Cook (1933)
- Harry R. Jefferson (1934–1948)
- Sylvester Hall (1949–1953)
- William W. Lawson (1954–1969)
- Walter Lovett (1970–1972)
- William "Pete" Bennett (1973)
- John D. Marshall (1974–1976)
- Thomas Morris (1977–1979)
- Alva Tabor (1980)
- Claud Flythe # (1980)
- George Moody (1981–1990)
- Lou Anderson (1990–2001)
- Andrew Faison (2002–2012)
- Latrell Scott (2013–2014)
- Byron Thweatt (2015)
- Reggie Barlow (2016–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Reggie Barlow (2021)
- Henry Frazier III (2022– )
# denotes interim head coach