James Roland Kitts (June 14, 1900 – December 13, 1952) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Dallas from 1924 to 1925, Rice Institute—now known as Rice University–from 1934 to 1939, and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—in 1941 and from 1946 to 1947. Kitts was also the head basketball coach at Rice from 1932 to 1938, tallying a mark of 58–56, and the head baseball coach at Dallas from 1924 to 1926 amassing a record of 26–15.[1] Kitts was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1956.[2]
^University of Dallas Baseball Records (accessed June 3, 2012).
^Jimmy Kitts profile at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame(accessed March 19, 2020)
1924 to 1926 amassing a record of 26–15. Kitts was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1956. Kitts was hired as the head football coach at the...
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coaches. Five head coaches have led the Hokies in postseason bowl games: JimmyKitts, Jerry Claiborne, Bill Dooley, Frank Beamer and Justin Fuente. Two coaches...
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Jimmy Sharpe (born October 31, 1939) is an American former college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Polytechnic...
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during the 1944 college football season. Led by second-year head coach JimmyKitts, the Skyers compiled a record of 3–4. The team's roster included Bob...
John Heisman (1924–1927) Claude Rothgeb (1928) Jack Meagher (1929–1933) JimmyKitts (1934–1939) Jess Neely (1940–1966) Bo Hagan (1967–1970) Bill Peterson...
Ottumwa, Iowa, during the 1943 college football season. Led by head coach JimmyKitts, the Skyers compiled a record of 5–1. In the final Litkenhous Ratings...
1935 college football season. In its second season under head coach JimmyKitts, the team compiled an 8–3 record (3–3 against SWC opponents) and outscored...
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the 1938 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach JimmyKitts, the team compiled a 4–6 record (3–3 against SWC opponents) and was outscored...
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Redd (1932–1940) JimmyKitts (1941) Herbert McEver & Sumner D. Tilson (1942) No team (1943–1944) Herbert McEver (1945) JimmyKitts (1946–1947) Bob McNeish...
Redd (1932–1940) JimmyKitts (1941) Herbert McEver & Sumner D. Tilson (1942) No team (1943–1944) Herbert McEver (1945) JimmyKitts (1946–1947) Bob McNeish...
Redd (1932–1940) JimmyKitts (1941) Herbert McEver & Sumner D. Tilson (1942) No team (1943–1944) Herbert McEver (1945) JimmyKitts (1946–1947) Bob McNeish...
the 1934 college football season. In its first season under head coach JimmyKitts, the team compiled a 9–1–1 record (5–1 against SWC opponents), won the...
American-singer Eartha Kitt, on the song "Cha Cha Heels" which was written for Divine but following her death, Bronski Beat and Kitt performed the song with...
John Heisman (1924–1927) Claude Rothgeb (1928) Jack Meagher (1929–1933) JimmyKitts (1934–1939) Jess Neely (1940–1966) Bo Hagan (1967–1970) Bill Peterson...
1946 college football season. In their second year under head coach JimmyKitts, the Gobblers compiled a 3–4–3 record (3–3–2 against SoCon opponents)...
the 1936 college football season. In its third season under head coach JimmyKitts, the team compiled a 5–7 record (1–5 against SWC opponents) and outscored...
Redd (1932–1940) JimmyKitts (1941) Herbert McEver & Sumner D. Tilson (1942) No team (1943–1944) Herbert McEver (1945) JimmyKitts (1946–1947) Bob McNeish...
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