James Hezekiah "Johnny" Law Jr. (December 28, 1899 – July 9, 1966) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach, athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1922, Samuel Huston College in Austin, Texas in 1922, Morgan College—now known as Morgan State University—in Baltimore from 1924 to 1925, and Prairie View Normal and Industrial College—now known as Prairie View A&M University—in Prairie View, Texas from 1926 to 1928.
Playing career Law attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania., where he was the captain of the 1921 Lincoln Lions football team.
Coaching career Law began his coaching career in 1922 when he appointed athletic director and coach of football, basketball, baseball, and track and field at his alma mater, Lincoln University. In 1923, He was the football coach at Samuel Huston College—later merged into Huston–Tillotson University—in Austin, Texas. The following year, Law went to Morgan College—now known as Morgan State University—in Baltimore as head of the physical education department and athletic coach.
in 1929, Law coached football at Houston Colored Junior College—now known as Texas Southern University—in Houston.
Later life and death In Houston, Law worked as a sportswriter for the Houston Informer, the director of the Colored Branch YMCA, and the athletic director at Emancipation Park. He then coached and taught biology at Yates High School before serving as assistant principal at Miller Junior High School and Wheatley High School prior to his retirement in 1964. Law died on July 9, 1966, at his home in Houston.
Head coaching record College football
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