Inman A. Breaux

Inman A. Breaux
Biographical details
Born(1908-10-04)October 4, 1908
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedNovember 24, 1967(1967-11-24) (aged 59)
Guthrie, Oklahoma, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1926–1929Virginia Union
Basketball
c. 1926–1930Virginia Union
Baseball
c. 1927–1930Virginia Union
Track and field
c. 1926–1930Virginia Union
PositionsQuarterback (football)
100-yard dash, 200-meter dash (track and field)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1932–1938North Carolina A&T
1939–1941Douglass HS (OK)
1946Langston (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1939–1942Douglass HS (OK)
Head coaching record
Overall28–24–8 (college)

Inman Armogen Breaux Sr. (October 4, 1908 – November 24, 1967) was an American football coach, athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina—now known as North Carolina A&T University—from 1932 to 1938.[1]

Breaux was the son of music educator Zelia N. Breaux and the grandson of educators Inman E. Page and Zelia Ball Page.[2] Breaux attended Virginia Union University, where he played football from 1926–1929 as a quarterback. At Virginia Union he also lettered in basketball and baseball, and competed in track and field. He later earned a Bachelor of Physical Education degree from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts and a Master of Arts degree from New York University (NYU).[3][4]

In 1932, Breaux was hired as the head football coach at North Carolina A&T.[3] In 1939, he was appointed athletic director at Frederick A. Douglass High School in Oklahoma City.[4] He also coached football at Douglass High School before entering the United States Army in 1942, when he was succeed as the school's football coach by Vernon McCain.[5]

Breaux died on November 24, 1967, in a tractor accident, at his home in Guthrie, Oklahoma.[6] At the time of his death, he was serving as a physical education faculty member and financial aid director at Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma.[7]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
North Carolina A&T Aggies (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1933–1936)
1932 North Carolina A&T 2–51–59th
1933 North Carolina A&T 3–3–33–3–36th
1934 North Carolina A&T 7–17–13rd
1935 North Carolina A&T 6–2–1
1936 North Carolina A&T 5–44–47th
1937 North Carolina A&T 2–4–32–4–28th
1938 North Carolina A&T 3–5–12–4–18th
North Carolina A&T: 28–24–8
Total:28–24–8

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References

  1. ↑ "Inman A. Breaux". Virginia Union Panthers. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Inman Breaux Will Coach Okla. City Douglas High". The Chicago Defender. Chicago, Illinois. September 16, 1939. p. 9. Retrieved May 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. 1 2 "New Aggies Coach Must Lead Team Against Alma Mater In Debut". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. August 6, 1932. p. 5, section 2. Retrieved May 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. 1 2 "Inman Breaux, National Known Grid Mentor, To Be Director of Athletics". The Black Dispatch. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. September 2, 1939. p. 12. Retrieved May 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ "Hundreds Flock To Enroll In City Schools". The Black Dispatch. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. September 5, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved May 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ↑ "Former CIAA star dies in accident". Baltimore Afro-American. Baltimore, Maryland. December 9, 1967. p. 20. Retrieved May 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ↑ "University Mourns Loss of Inman Breaux". Langston University. 1967. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  8. ↑ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Inman A. Breaux". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
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