Jimmy Kitts

James Kitts
Biographical details
Born	June 14, 1900
Died	December 13, 1952 (aged 52); El Paso, Texas
Playing career
Football
1918–1921	SMU
Basketball
1919–1922	SMU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1931–1933	Rice (freshmen)
1934–1939	Rice
1941	VPI
1946–1947	VPI
Basketball
1920s	Athens HS (TX)
1932–1938	Rice
Baseball
1925–1926	Dallas
Head coaching record
Overall	46–42–7 (college football); 58–56 (college basketball); 21–12 (college baseball)
Bowls	1–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 2 SWC (1934, 1937)

James Roland Kitts (June 14, 1900 – December 13, 1952)^[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball^[2] player and coach. He served as head football coach at Rice Institute—now Rice University—from 1934 to 1939 and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1941 and from 1946 to 1947, compiling a career college football record of 46–42–7. Kitts was also the head basketball coach at Rice from 1932 to 1938, tallying a mark of 58–56. Kitts was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1956.^[3]

Coaching career

From 1934 to 1939, Kitts coached at Rice, and compiled a 33–29–4 record. His 1934 team went 9–1–1, however his 1939 team went 1–9–1.

Kitts died on December 13, 1952 in El Paso, Texas.^[4]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP^#
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1934–1939)
1934	Rice	9–1–1	5–1	1st
1935	Rice	8–3	3–3	T–3rd
1936	Rice	5–7	1–5	T–6th
1937	Rice	6–3–2	4–1–1	1st	W Cotton	18
1938	Rice	4–6	3–3	4th
1939	Rice	1–9–1	0–5–1	7th
Rice:		33–29–4	16–18–2
VPI Goblers (Southern Conference) (1941)
1941	VPI	6–4	4–2	T–5th
VPI Goblers (Southern Conference) (1946–1947)
1946	VPI	3–4–3	3–3–2	T–7th	L Sun
1947	VPI	4–5	4–3	8th
VPI:		13–13–3	11–8–2
Total:		46–42–7
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^#Rankings from final AP Poll.

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