he was recruited to the legendary Kansas City Monarchs. From 1938 to 1941, he was a starter for the Monarchs, playing second base and helping the team win three (1939–1941) Negro Leagues Championships. He finished his career in 1944 with the Cleveland Buckeyes. It was during his baseball years that Bibbs acquired the Negro Leagues nickname, "Rainey." As the story goes, a reporter asked Bibbs for the spelling of his first name, which often was misspelled and mispronounced by others. Rather than endure having to spell and respell his name, Bibbs suggested the reporter just call him "Rainey" since it was raining that day. High school coaching career In 1947, Bibbs began his teaching and coaching career at Indianapolis' Crispus Attucks High School, a historically Black high school. Bibbs taught in the Indianapolis Public Schools system from 1947 to 1972, spending 23 years at Crispus Attucks and two years at Thomas Carr Howe High School, retiring in 1972. As director of intramural athletics, Bibbs helped establish intramural sports, including basketball, volleyball and track in 1952 at Crispus Attucks. That same year, he also coached wrestling as a varsity sport for the first time in the school's history. He taught biology and coached several outstanding athletes; such as future Harlem Globetrotters Bailey "Flap" Robertson, Hallie Bryant and Willie Gardner; Bobby Joe Edmonds, Willie Merriweather and the legendary Oscar Robertson. Of the numerous students, 13 were named to the Indiana All-Star team and 12 have been inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Commitment to education Bibbs' commitment to education started in the classroom rather than on the sports field. As a first-generation college graduate, he was committed to helping later generations of African-American students attend college at Indiana State as an active member of the Statonians alumni association, which raised money for scholarships. He served as vice president of the Statonians from 1971 to 1972. Posthumous honors Bibbs died near age 70 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in , one of only four African Americans and one of three Negro Leagues players so honored. In , he was inducted into the Indiana State University Hall of Fame, in part for his football talents as a Sycamores fullback, winning All-Indiana Intercollegiate Conference honors in 1934 and 1935. On June 20, 2015, Bibbs was awarded the Coach & Educator Award by the Crispus Attucks