Former Dallas ISD athletic director John E. Kincaide dies at 90

Kincaide was the first Black athletic director in Dallas ISD history.

By Greg Riddle

4:51 PM on Sep 6, 2023

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John E. Kincaide, the first Black athletic director in Dallas ISD history, died Tuesday, the school district announced. He was 90.

No cause of death was given.

A memorial service is being planned to take place at Ellis Davis Field House. Details are pending.

Kincaide worked for Dallas ISD for 38 years as a teacher, coach, principal and administrator. He was the district’s executive director of athletics from 1976 to 1993. When he took over that role, DISD had 42 schools competing in athletics.

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DISD named a football stadium after him in 2005, with John E. Kincaide Stadium sitting in the Jesse Owens Memorial Complex. The stadium is used for football, soccer and track and field.

Kincaide worked as a teacher in DISD at Joseph J. Rhodes Elementary School and Booker T. Washington High School, and he coached at Booker T. Washington and J.N. Ervin High School. He coached football, basketball and track and field and was the head football coach at Ervin.

Kincaide is inducted in the Prairie View Interscholastic League Hall of Fame and the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame. He served as the athletic director at Paul Quinn College in 1995 and was the interim president of the college in 2005.