Theodore A. Wright

American coach and college athletics administrator
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IntroAmerican coach and college athletics administrator
PlacesUnited States of America
wasSports coach Athlete Basketball player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth1902
Death1974 (aged 72 years)
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Biography

Theodore A. Wright (September 20, 1901 – February 15, 1974) was an American football, basketball, and track coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Florida A&M University (1933) and Savannah State University (1947–1949). Wright was also the head basketball coach at Xavier University of Louisiana (1934–1938, 1946–1947) and at Savannah State (1948–1962).

Wright graduated in 1925 from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, where he lettered in football, basketball, and tennis. He earned all-Kansas honors in football as a halfback. In 1926–27, Wright coached at Western University in Kansas City, Missouri. The following year, he was the director of physical education at Lincoln High School in Kansas City, leading both his football and basketball teams to championships. In 1928, Wright became an assistant football coach at Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama. He was promoted to head football coach the following year.

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