Jimmy Kitts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jimmy Kitts

American football and basketball coach

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1900

Place of Birth: Dallas County, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1952

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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 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.