Jimmy Haygood,Legendary Football Coach at Henderson State University Arkansas. Lillian Haygood,Jimmy's wife.

According to Tommie Jean Haygood,daughter of Lillian Haygood,Jimmy met Lillian at Henderson State shortly after his arrival there as their football and baseball coach. Jimmy was just out of Vanderbilt University and Lillian was takeing classes at Henderson State University in the fine arts.

This is a picture of my grandfather,Jimmy Haygood, as a student at Vanderbilt University better known as "Shag" on campus. Jimmy "Shag" Haygood is shown here with his varsity sweater and lettered in football in 1904 and 1905. I am guessing that the "Shag" refers to his gift for shagging footballs? He must have been a receiver or back. I do know Jimmy Haygood was a gifted athelete and later a legendary coach in the south. Serving his longest tenure at Henderson State U. from 1907 to 1924. Jimmy's coaching record at Henderson State was epic and he was named to the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1960. Coached at Florida Southern and knew Knute Rockne from football clinics of the day. Assistant Coach at Alabama under Wallace Wade and was on the Rose Bowl/National Championship team of 1930. Coached at Southwestern later named Rhodes University to finish out his career. Jimmy passed away on the job at Rhodes University.

My recollections of Jimmy Haygood are all second hand from my grand mother Lillian "Bene" Haygood and my mother Tommie-Jean Haygood. I know from the family lore that my mother was applied with a masculine name because the parents were hoping dearing for another son. If any relatives or friends visit this site please reply if ya know any more stories about Jimmy Haygood. I will gladly include your words at this site.

Haygood Stadium

JIMMY HAYGOOD

"Coached football, baseball, basketball and track at HSU; Athletic Director from 1907-24; Football teams won four state championships (1907-10); Football stadium and gym at HSU named in his honor; Inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1960."

Sincerely
Dick Bivens richardbivens@bellsouth.net

From: "Jean Kennnedy" Add to Address Book To: cary@richmondrugby.net Subject: In response to your inquisriy Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:10:43 -0400

Andy, I love the photos on the computer. Thanks. Your verbage seems reasonably correct except for this fact:

Daddy,Jimmy Haygood, died in a hotel in Little Rock , Ark, on January 18, 1935. My sis ter Nancy may know so I will ask her if she remembers the hotel name. He was staying there during a recruiting session in Arkansas for atheles. After a short while on the road, he experienced what we have to assume was excruaiting pain and he turned the car around and went back to the hotel where he had been the night before and asked the desk clerk to call a doctor as he went up to his room. The doctor came right away, but daddy die anyway within a very short time.

He is buried in Arkadelphia Ark. at Rose cemetry where I want my ashes buried and where I have already had a concrete marker placed with my name and date of birth.

I think Bene had told me whe was 16 when the above picture was made. (Just remember she always subtrcted years from her real age for some reason.) Daddy was 52 when he died and I think she having been born in 1892 was about 43 years when Daddy died.

I never asked how old Dad was in the photo. Whether he was still at Vanderbilt or at Henderson College in Arkadelphia.

I am curious about where you collected all the information you have about him. I think it is wonderful that you are interested. You know I have some geneology facts relative to his family. the next time you are over, we can get them down from the high shelf in the garage. Maybe I ought to try to get more information. You know Haygood is a veery prominent name in Va Beach.

Love, JHK(Tommie Jean Haygood Kennedy)