Robert Maurice White (September 28, 1912 – August 16, 1969) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

coach. He was the ninth head football coach at

Kentucky State University Kentucky State University (KSU and KYSU) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black land-grant university in Frankfort, Kentucky. Founded in 1886 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons ...

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, serving for one season, in 1946, and compiling a record of 5–4. White went on to coach at

Delaware State University Delaware State University (DSU or Del State) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses: one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown. The university encompasses four col ...

and

Howard University Howard University (Howard) is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commissi ...

. White was later an assistant director of player personnel for the

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. He died of cancer on August 16, 1969, at a hospital in

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Head coaching record

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* 1912 births 1969 deaths American football centers Delaware State Hornets football coaches Elizabeth City State Vikings football coaches Howard Bison football coaches Kentucky State Thorobreds football coaches Kentucky State Thorobreds football players Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks football coaches Washington Redskins executives Junior college football coaches in the United States People from Richmond, Kentucky Players of American football from Kentucky African-American coaches of American football African-American players of American football 20th-century African-American sportspeople Deaths from cancer in Washington, D.C. {{1940s-collegefootball-coach-stub