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Louis L. Watson
Biographical details
Born (1895-04-09)April 9, 1895
Alexandria, Virginia
Playing career
1919–1920 Springfield (MA)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1921–1922 Virginia Normal
1923 Howard
1925–1927 Howard
1928–c. 1940 Bordentown (NJ)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
c. 1926 Howard
1945–? Howard
Head coaching record
Overall 29–8–6 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 black college national (1923, 1925–1926)

Louis Lee Watson (born April 9, 1895) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute—now known as Virginia State University–from 1921 to 1922 and at Howard University in 1923 and from 1925 to 1927. Watson graduated from Howard in 1917 and played football at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1919 and 1920.

In 1928, Watson began coaching at the Bordentown School in Bordentown, New Jersey. He returned to Howard in 1945 as athletic director.

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Virginia Normal Trojans (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921–1922)
1921 Virginia Normal 2–1–1 0–1 5th
1922 Virginia Normal 4–4 2–2 T–3rd
Virginia Normal: 6–5–1 2–3
Howard Bison (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1923)
1923 Howard 7–0–1 3–0–1 2nd
Howard Bison (Independent) (1925–1927)
1925 Howard 6–0–2
1926 Howard 7–0
1927 Howard 3–3–2
Howard: 23–3–5 3–0–1
Total: 29–8–6
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
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