Walter Lovett

Carver High, Newport News

Dr. Walter Lovett is a 1947 graduated from George P. Phenix High School, Hampton in 1947 and Virginia State University (VSU) in 1951. As head football coach at Carver High School in Newport News he won the school’s only VIA State Championship by defeating Burley High of Charlottesville in the 1961 championship game. After several years as an assistant, he became head football coach at VSU in 1970. He won CIAA football championships in 1970 and 1972 – VSU’s first football titles since 1952. He was named CIAA Coach of the Year in1970, NAIA Coach of the Year in 1971 and 1972. In 1973 he was named head football coach at Hampton University and later served as Athletic Director. He was inducted into the VSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990. For his significant contributions to the community, leadership in collegiate football and commitment to the CIAA mission, he was elected to the CIAA Hall of Fame in 2014.