Joe Echols facts for kids
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| Biographical details | |
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| Born | March 23, 1917 |
| Died | March 28, 1977 (aged 60) |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1939 | Newark Eagles |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1950–1954 | Morehouse |
| 1955–1960 | Norfolk State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 44–41–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Eastern Intercollegiate (1957, 1959) | |
Joseph G. Echols (March 23, 1917 – March 28, 1977) was an American football coach, college athletics administrator, and Negro league baseball player.
Early life and baseball career
Raised in Englewood, New Jersey, Echols played prep football at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood. In 1939, Echols played for the Newark Bears of the Negro National League.
Coaching career
Echols served as the head football coach at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia from 1950 to 1954 and at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia from 1955 to 1960. The home basketball arena on Norfolk State's campus is named Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall in his honor.
Death
Echols died at the age of 60, on March 28, 1977.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Morehouse Maroon Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1950–1954) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Morehouse | 1–6–1 | |||||||
| 1951 | Morehouse | 3–4 | 2–3 | 11th | |||||
| 1952 | Morehouse | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1953 | Morehouse | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1954 | Morehouse | 4–4 | |||||||
| Morehouse: | 16–22–2 | ||||||||
| Norfolk State Spartans (Eastern Intercollegiate Conference) (1955–1960) | |||||||||
| 1955 | Norfolk State | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1956 | Norfolk State | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1957 | Norfolk State | 5–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1958 | Norfolk State | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1959 | Norfolk State | 7–1–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1960 | Norfolk State | 6–3 | |||||||
| Norfolk State: | 28–19–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 44–41–3 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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