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James Lytle
Biographical details
Born (1901-02-22)February 22, 1901
Union County, North Carolina
Died July 17, 1987(1987-07-17) (aged 86)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Playing career
Football
1920s Shaw
Basketball
1920s Shaw
Baseball
1920s Shaw
Position(s) End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1927 Morris Brown
1928–1929 Shaw
1930–1931 Arkansas AM&N
1934–1945 Shaw
Basketball
1928–1930 Shaw
Baseball
1929–1930 Shaw
?–1978 Shaw
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1957–1978 Shaw

James E. Lytle Jr. (February 22, 1901 – July 17, 1987) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and golf coach and college athletics administrator. He seed as the head football coach at Morris Brown College in Atlanta in 1927, Shaw University from 1928 to 1929 and again from 1934 to 1954, and Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N)—now known as University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff—from 1930 to 1931. Lytle was also the athletic director at Shaw from 1957 to 1978.

Lytle graduated from Shaw in 1921 and later earned a Master of Arts degree in physical education from Columbia University.

In 1975, Lytle was the first person inducted into the Shaw University Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1993, he was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Lytle died on July 17, 1987, following an illness.

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Morris Brown Wolverines (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1927)
1927 Morris Brown 2–3–2
Morris Brown: 2–3–2
Shaw Bears (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1928–1929)
1928 Shaw 1–6–1 1–3–1 7th
1929 Shaw 1–4–1 0–4–1 7th
Arkansas AM&N Golden Lions (Independent) (1930–1931)
1930 Arkansas AM&N 7–1
1931 Arkansas AM&N 4–3
Arkansas AM&N: 11–4
Shaw Bears (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1934–1945)
1934 Shaw 1–6–1 1–6 11th
1935 Shaw 4–4 3–3 8th
1936 Shaw 5–3–1 3–3 5th
1937 Shaw 1–6 12th
1938 Shaw 6–1–2 4–1–2 3rd
1939 Shaw 4–5 3–5 10th
1940 Shaw 2–5–2 2–4–2 8th
1941 Shaw 4–4–1 4–3–1 6th
1942 Shaw 0–1 0–0 NA
1943 No team—World War II
1944 No team—World War II
1945 Shaw 0–7 0–6 13th
Shaw: 22–44–7
Total:
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