Jubie Barton Bragg (February 17, 1876 – November 26, 1947) was an American college football coach an athletics administrator. He was the first head football coach at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. Bragg coached the team off and on from 1907 through 1930 and also served as head football coach at Alabama's Talladega College, leading that school to shared black college football national championships in 1920 and 1921. His son, Eugene J. Bragg, was head football coach at Florida A&M from 1934 to 1935. Bragg was a charter member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity's Beta Nu chapter on the campus of Florida A&M.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 17, 1876 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | November 26, 1947 (aged 71) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1907–1909 | Florida A&M |
| 1913 | Jackson |
| 1920–1925 | Florida A&M |
| 1920–1922 | Talladega |
| 1930–1932 | Florida A&M |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1930–1945 | Florida A&M |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–22–5 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 black national championship (1920–1921) | |
Bragg died on November 26, 1947, in Tallahassee.[1] Florida A&M's football stadium, Bragg Memorial Stadium, is named in his honor.
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida A&M Rattlers (Independent) (1907–1909) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Florida A&M | 0–1 | |||||||
| 1908 | Florida A&M | 0–1 | |||||||
| 1909 | Florida A&M | 0–1 | |||||||
| Jackson Tigers (Independent) (1913) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Jackson | 1–0 | |||||||
| Jackson: | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Florida A&M Rattlers (Southeastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1920–1925) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Florida A&M | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||||||
| 1921 | Florida A&M | 0–1–1 | 0–1–1 | ||||||
| 1922 | Florida A&M | 0–1–1 | 0–1–1 | ||||||
| 1923 | Florida A&M | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||
| 1924 | Florida A&M | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||||||
| 1925 | Florida A&M | 1–2 | 0–2 | ||||||
| Florida A&M Rattlers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1930–1932) | |||||||||
| 1930 | Florida A&M | 0–3 | 0–2 | ||||||
| 1931 | Florida A&M | 3–3 | 0–3 | ||||||
| 1932 | Florida A&M | 4–2–1 | 0–2 | ||||||
| Florida A&M: | 9–18–3 | 1–14–2 | |||||||
| Talladega (Independent) (1920–1922) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Talladega | 6–0 | |||||||
| 1921 | Talladega | 4–0–1 | |||||||
| 1922 | Talladega | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| Talladega: | 13–14–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 23–22–5 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Ex-Official Of Florida Negro College Dies". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. Associated Press. November 26, 1947. p. 2. Retrieved December 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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