Randolph Marmaduke "Med" Medley (September 22, 1898 – September 30, 1979) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas from 1923 to 1938 and at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas from 1939 to 1947 and again in 1950, compiling a career college football record of 111–104–24. Medley was also the head basketball coach at McMurry from 1923 to 1939 and at Southwestern from 1939 to 1947 and again from 1951 to 1958, tallying a career college basketball mark of 206–212. He was the head baseball coach at Southwestern from 1951 to 1958.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 22, 1898 Rush Hill, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | September 30, 1979 (aged 81) Georgetown, Texas, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1938 | McMurry |
| 1939–1947 | Southwestern (TX) |
| 1950 | Southwestern (TX) |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1939 | McMurry |
| 1939–1943 | Southwestern (TX) |
| 1945–1948 | Southwestern (TX) |
| 1951–1958 | Southwestern (TX) |
| Baseball | |
| 1951–1958 | Southwestern (TX) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1939–? | Southwestern (TX) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 111–104–24 (football) 206–212 (basketball) |
| Bowls | 2–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 TIAA (1927) 1 Texas Conference (1946) | |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMurry Indians (Independent) (1923–1925) | |||||||||
| 1923 | McMurry | 2–3–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | McMurry | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1925 | McMurry | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| McMurry Indians (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1926–1932) | |||||||||
| 1926 | McMurry | 1–9 | 1–2 | 6th | |||||
| 1927 | McMurry | 4–1–2 | 3–0–2 | 1st | |||||
| 1928 | McMurry | 6–3 | 4–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1929 | McMurry | 4–1–3 | 3–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1930 | McMurry | 3–4–2 | 3–2–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1931 | McMurry | 2–6 | 2–2 | T–3rd (Western) | |||||
| 1932 | McMurry | 2–4–2 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| McMurry Indians (Texas Conference) (1933–1938) | |||||||||
| 1933 | McMurry | 4–4–2 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1934 | McMurry | 3–3–3 | 2–1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1935 | McMurry | 6–3 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1936 | McMurry | 8–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1937 | McMurry | 7–2–1 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1938 | McMurry | 1–8 | 1–6 | 9th | |||||
| McMurry: | 61–58–20 | 38–23–8 | |||||||
| Southwestern Pirates (Texas Conference) (1939–1947) | |||||||||
| 1939 | Southwestern | 3–5 | 3–3 | T–5th | |||||
| 1940 | Southwestern | 5–6 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1941 | Southwestern | 4–4–1 | 3–3–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1942 | Southwestern | 6–4 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1943 | Southwestern | 10–1–1 | W Sun | ||||||
| 1944 | Southwestern | 7–5 | W Sun | ||||||
| 1945 | Southwestern | 2–6–1 | |||||||
| 1946 | Southwestern | 5–4–1 | 3–0–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1947 | Southwestern | 3–6 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| Southwestern Pirates (Texas Conference) (1950) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Southwestern | 5–5 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| Southwestern: | 50–46–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 111–104–24 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "After 16 Years At McMurray—R. M. Medley Named Head Coach at Southwestern; Veteran Mentor To Tutor Bucs In Every Sport". Abilene Reporter-News. Abilene, Texas. August 9, 1939. p. 2. Retrieved March 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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