Arthur J. Willis
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Western University (KS) |
| 1925 | Langston |
| 1926 | Liberty semipro |
| 1928 | Fisk (assistant) |
| 1929 | Prairie View A&M |
| 1930 | Livingstone |
| 1931 | Claflin |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1931 | Claflin |
Arthur J. Willis was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. In 1924, he was the head football coach at Western University in Kansas.[1] The following year, he coached the football team at Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University—now known as Langston University. In 1926, he coached a semi-professional football team in Liberty, Missouri.[2] Willis was the director of physical education and assistant coach at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee before moving on to Prairie View Normal and Industrial College—now known as Prairie View A&M University—in Prairie View, Texas, where he was head football coach in 1929.[3]
In 1930, Willis was hired as the head football coach at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina.[4] The following year, he went to Claflin College—now known as Claflin University—in Orangeburg, South Carolina, as head football coach and athletic director.[5]
