Louis Crews

Louis C. Crews (March 27, 1917 – January 20, 2005) was an American athlete and sports coach. He was best known for his time as head football coach at Alabama A&M University, a position he held from 1960 to 1975. He also was head baseball and women's basketball coach at Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College (now known as Alcorn State University), head baseball coach at Alabama A&M, and served as head football and men's basketball coach at Jarvis Christian College. He is the all-time winningest head coach of the Alabama A&M Bulldogs football program. The team plays home games at Louis Crews Stadium, named in his honor.

Early life and education Crews was born in Bessemer, Alabama, in c. 1918. He attended Dunbar High School and graduated in 1936, later playing college football for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs from 1937 to 1940. he scored the Bulldogs' first-ever touchdown in the Magic City Classic. He graduated in 1941, being part of the first four-year graduating class at the school. According to The Huntsville Times, after this he served with Bishop College. He was in these roles through 1957, and led the women's basketball team to two South Central Athletic Conference (SCAC) championships (1951 and 1952) and the baseball team to a SCAC title in 1953. The Bulldogs had won just one game in the last season, and had scored more than 20 points in a game only ten times in the previous decade. His football teams won five Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) championships and compiled a record of 94–52–3 by the time he left the school following the 1975 season, making him Alabama A&M's all-time winningest football coach. He was also inducted into the SIAC Hall of Fame, The Louis Crews Classic, Alabama A&M's first home game of each season, was named in his honor.

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