Lomax, who was born in Athens, was a successful football, basketball and track coach at Risley High in Brunswick before going on to become head football coach at Fort Valley State. Lomax had a combined high school and college coaching record 187‐69‐11. While at Risley, he led his football team to the 1950 and 1957 state championships while compiling a 101‐36‐4 mark. Lomax’s 1950 team scored 427 points and allowed only 35 while rolling to an 11-0 record and the state championship.

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He also won two state championships in basketball and five straight state track championships while coaching the Tigers. He led the Tigers to state titles in football, basketball and track – the only three sports offered for boys – during the 1950-51 school year. The basketball team posted a 24-4 record for the season while the track team finished unbeaten in the spring as the football team did in the fall.

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Lomax became head football coach at Fort Valley State in 1963 and stayed until 1977, posting a record of 86-33-7. He led Fort Valley to 13 straight winning seasons while winning four SIAC championships and setting an NCAA Division II record by scoring 106 points in a single game. He coached teams that played in both the D-II and D-III playoffs in Phenix City, Ala., and Ithaca, N.Y. Lomax also coached in the East-West bowl game in Los Angeles.

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He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.

 

He continues to live in Fort Valley before passing way in Dec. 2018.