Lee Alton Royster (April 29, 1937 – June 24, 2004)[1] was an American college football and college basketball coach.[2] He served as the head football coach at Shaw University from 1965 to 1966 and again on an interim basis in 1978.[3] Royster was also the head basketball coach at Hampton University during the 1963–64 season.[4]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 29, 1937 Hampton, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | June 24, 2004 (aged 67) Hampton, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1955–1958 | Florida A&M |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1962 | St. Augustine's (assistant) |
| 1965–1966 | Shaw |
| 1967 | Lane (assistant) |
| 1978 | Shaw (interim HC) |
| Basketball | |
| 1962–1963 | St. Augustine's (assistant) |
| 1963–1964 | Hampton |
| 1977–1978 | Shaw |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–15–2 (football) 11–19 (basketball) |
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw Bears (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1965–1966) | |||||||||
| 1965 | Shaw | 4–5 | 4–5 | 14th | |||||
| 1966 | Shaw | 0–7–2 | 0–7–2 | 17th | |||||
| Shaw Bears (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1978) | |||||||||
| 1978 | Shaw | 0–2[n 1] | 0–2[n 1] | 11th | |||||
| Shaw: | 4–15–2 | 4–15–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 4–15–2 | ||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ a b Horace T. Small was Shaw's head coach for the first nine games of the 1978 season before he was fired. Royster served as interim head coach for the final two games. Shaw finished the year 0–11 overall and 0–8 in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) play.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Lee A Royster". Fold3. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ^ "Royster named coach at Shaw". The Carolina Times. August 14, 1965. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "College and School Notes". The Crisis. October 1965. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Lee Royster". legacy.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Winless Shaw fires Small". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. November 4, 1978. p. 17. Retrieved July 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
.
 | This biographical article relating to an American football coach is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |