Lee Royster
Biographical details
Born(1937-04-29)April 29, 1937
Hampton, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJune 24, 2004(2004-06-24) (aged 67)
Hampton, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1955–1958Florida A&M
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1962St. Augustine's (assistant)
1965–1966Shaw
1967Lane (assistant)
1978Shaw (interim HC)
Basketball
1962–1963St. Augustine's (assistant)
1963–1964Hampton
1977–1978Shaw
Head coaching record
Overall4–15–2 (football)
11–19 (basketball)

Lee Alton Royster (April 29, 1937 – June 24, 2004)[1] was an American college football and college basketball coach.[2] He served as the head football coach at Shaw University from 1965 to 1966 and again on an interim basis in 1978.[3] Royster was also the head basketball coach at Hampton University during the 1963–64 season.[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Shaw Bears (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1965–1966)
1965 Shaw 4–5 4–5 14th
1966 Shaw 0–7–2 0–7–2 17th
Shaw Bears (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1978)
1978 Shaw 0–2[n 1] 0–2[n 1] 11th
Shaw: 4–15–2 4–15–2
Total: 4–15–2

Notes

  1. ^ a b Horace T. Small was Shaw's head coach for the first nine games of the 1978 season before he was fired. Royster served as interim head coach for the final two games. Shaw finished the year 0–11 overall and 0–8 in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) play.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Lee A Royster". Fold3. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Royster named coach at Shaw". The Carolina Times. August 14, 1965. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "College and School Notes". The Crisis. October 1965. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Lee Royster". legacy.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  5. ^ "Winless Shaw fires Small". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. November 4, 1978. p. 17. Retrieved July 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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