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American football and baseball player and coach (1898–1943)

Roswell G. Higginbotham
Biographical details
Born	(1898-08-15)August 15, 1898 Howe, Texas, U.S.
Died	May 25, 1943(1943-05-25) (aged 44) Quonset Point, Rhode Island, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1917	Texas A&M
1919–1920	Texas A&M
Baseball
1918–1920	Texas A&M
1922	Paris Snappers

Position(s)	Halfback (football) Shortstop (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923	Austin (assistant)
1927	Texas A&M (assistant)
c. 1940	SMU (freshmen)
Baseball
1924	Austin
1930–1935	Texas A&M
1936–1942	SMU

Head coaching record
Overall	105–116–3 (excluding Austin)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 TIAA (1924) 2 SWC (1931, 1934)

Roswell G. "Little Hig" Higginbotham (August 15, 1898 – May 25, 1943) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He died on May 25, 1943, at Naval Air Station Quonset Point. He was the younger brother of Grady Higginbotham.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1930–1935)
1930	Texas A&M	16–6	8–6	4th
1931	Texas A&M	12–6	9–1	1st
1932	Texas A&M	7–11–1	5–11	5th
1933	Texas A&M	9–10	5–5	3rd
1934	Texas A&M	10–7–1	9–3	1st
1935	Texas A&M	10–8–1	5–6	2nd
Texas A&M:		64–48–3	41–32
SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1936–1942)
1936	SMU	3–17	2–13	6th
1937	SMU	6–12	4–11	5th
1938	SMU	8–6	7–6	4th
1939	SMU	5–10	5–10	T–4th
1940	SMU	6–7	6–7	4th
1941	SMU	6–8	6–8	4th
1942	SMU	7–8	7–8	T–3rd
SMU:		41–68	37–63
Total:		105–116–3
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

v t e Texas A&M Aggies head baseball coaches
Wirt Spencer (1904–1908) Charley Moran (1909–1914) Con Lucid (1915) D. V. Graves (1916–1919) Dana X. Bible (1920–1921) Gene Cochrehan (1922) H. H. House (1923–1924) Claude Rothgeb (1925–1927) Bob Countryman (1928–1929) Roswell G. Higginbotham (1930–1935) Jules V. Sikes (1936–1937) Marty Karow (1938–1941) Lil Dimmit (1942) Homer Norton (1943–1944) A. E. Jones (1945) Lil Dimmit (1946–1947) Marty Karow (1948–1950) Beau Bell (1951–1958) Tom Chandler (1959–1984) Mark Johnson (1985–2005) Rob Childress (2006–2021) Jim Schlossnagle (2022–2024) Michael Earley (2025– )

v t e SMU Mustangs head baseball coaches
Ewing Y. Freeland (1923–1924) James W. St. Clair (1927) James W. St. Clair (1931–1933) Roswell G. Higginbotham (1936–1942) Redman Hume (1945) Lloyd Messersmith (1946–1948) Alex Hooks (1949–1964) Bob Finley (1965–1976) Steve Adair (1977–1980)

v t e 1919 Texas A&M Aggies football—national champions
Roswell G. Higginbotham Jack Mahan Cap Murrah Head coach: Dana X. Bible Assistant coach: D. V. Graves

v t e 1927 Texas A&M Aggies football—national champions
Hershel Burgess Klepto Holmes Joel Hunt Jules V. Sikes Head coach: Dana X. Bible Assistant coach: Charles Bassett Roswell G. Higginbotham