Biographical details | |
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Born | September 23, 1907 |
Died | August 11, 1977 69) Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
c. 1930 | Bluefield State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1939 | Morris Brown (assistant) |
1940 | Morris Brown |
1941–1942 | Morris Brown (assistant) |
1944–1949 | Morris Brown |
Head coaching record | |
Bowls | 2–0 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 black college national (1940) 1 SIAC (1940) | |
Artis P. Graves (September 23, 1907 – August 11, 1977) [1] was an American college football coach and educator. He served as head football coach at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1940 and again from 1944 to 1949. His 1940 Morris Brown Wolverines football team compiled a record of 10–1, winning the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) title and a black college football national championship.
Graves played football at Bluefield State College in Bluefield, West Virginia, where was a three-time Negro All-American. He later earned a PhD from the University of Iowa. Graves also coached athletics at Morristown College in Morristown, Tennessee and Shorter College in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 1950, Graves accepted the position of as chairman of the department of biology at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. [2] He served in that role until his retirement June 1977. Graves worked as a football and basketball official for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association for 25 years. [3]
Graves died on August 11, 1977, at a hospital in Greensboro, following a short illness. [4]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Morris Brown Wolverines (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1940) | |||||||||
1940 | Morris Brown | 9–1 | 6–1 | 1st | W Peach Blossom Classic, W Vulcan | ||||
Morris Brown Wolverines (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1944–1949) | |||||||||
1944 | Morris Brown | ||||||||
1945 | Morris Brown | ||||||||
1946 | Morris Brown | 4–3–1 | 3–3–1 | ||||||
1947 | Morris Brown | 3–7–1 | 2–4–1 | T–9th | |||||
1948 | Morris Brown | ||||||||
1949 | Morris Brown | ||||||||
Morris Brown: | |||||||||
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National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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