About Otis Washington
Lived 1939 – 2019 (aged 79–80). Otis Washington was an American american football player.
Otis J. Washington Jr. (February 12, 1939 – May 24, 2019) was an American football coach.
Biography Washington was born on February 12, 1939, in Selma, Alabama. He graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1961, where he earned all-conference honors in football and baseball and was captain of school's final football team, in 1959.
He served as the head football coach at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1981 to 1986, compiling a record of 35–30–1. Washington was the head football coach at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, from 1969 to 1979, amassing a record of 113–17–1 and leading his teams to three Louisiana state titles, in 1975, 1978, and 1979.
Washington died on May 24, 2019.
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American football player and coach
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Otis Washington. https://biography.guide/otis-washington/
MLA: "Otis Washington." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/otis-washington/.
Chicago: "Otis Washington." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/otis-washington/.
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