Paul Jones Davis (February 19, 1881 – April 26, 1947) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College (1908), Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Oklahoma State University (1909–1914), North Dakota Agricultural College—now known as North Dakota State University (1915–1917), and University of North Dakota (1920–1924), and Mansfield State Teachers College—now known as Mansfield University of Pennsylvania (1932–1937). Davis was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma A&M (1911–1915), North Dakota Agricultural (1915–1918), and North Dakota (1920–1924), amassing a career college basketball coaching mark of 112–44. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Oklahoma A&M from 1909 to 1915, tallying a record of 54–40–1.
 Davis pictured in The Redskin 1914, Oklahoma A&M yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1881 Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | April 26, 1947 (aged 66) Blossburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Dickinson College[1] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908 | Dickinson |
| 1909–1914 | Oklahoma A&M |
| 1915–1917 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1918 | Camp Zachary Taylor |
| 1919–1925 | North Dakota |
| 1932–1937 | Mansfield |
| Basketball | |
| 1911–1915 | Oklahoma A&M |
| 1915–1918 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1920–1924 | North Dakota |
| 1932–1937 | Mansfield |
| Baseball | |
| 1909–1915 | Oklahoma A&M |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1909–1915 | Oklahoma A&M |
| 1915–1918 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| 1919–1928 | North Dakota |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 92–73–11 (football) 114–54 (basketball) 54–40–1 (baseball) |
Coaching career
editDavis was the eighth head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, serving for one season, in 1908, and compiling a record of 5–4.[2][3] From 1911 to 1915, he coached at Oklahoma A&M. He spent the 1911-13 seasons, coaching football compiling a 30-17-1 record. From 1914-15, he coached basketball and compiled a 15-16 record. At his time at A&M, he coached baseball and served as athletic director.[4] From 1915 to 1917, he coached at North Dakota Agricultural, where he compiled a 10–7–1 record.
Personal life
editDavis married Florence Eva Baxter.
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson Red and White (Independent) (1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Dickinson | 5–4 | |||||||
| Dickinson: | 5–4 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M Aggies (Independent) (1909–1914) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Oklahoma A&M | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1910 | Oklahoma A&M | 3–4 | |||||||
| 1911 | Oklahoma A&M | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1912 | Oklahoma A&M | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1913 | Oklahoma A&M | 4–3 | |||||||
| 1914 | Oklahoma A&M | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| Oklahoma A&M: | 28–16–1 | ||||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1915–1917) | |||||||||
| 1915 | North Dakota Agricultural | 3–3 | |||||||
| 1916 | North Dakota Agricultural | 3–2–1 | |||||||
| 1917 | North Dakota Agricultural | 4–2 | |||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural: | 10–7–1 | ||||||||
| Camp Zachary Taylor (Independent) (1918–singe) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Camp Zachary Taylor | 3–1–1 | |||||||
| Camp Zachary Taylor: | 3–1–1 | ||||||||
| North Dakota Flickertails (Independent) (1919–1921) | |||||||||
| 1919 | North Dakota | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| 1920 | North Dakota | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1921 | North Dakota | 4–4 | |||||||
| North Dakota Flickertails (North Central Conference) (1922–1925) | |||||||||
| 1922 | North Dakota | 3–3 | 3–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1923 | North Dakota | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1924 | North Dakota | 2–8 | 1–4 | T–7th | |||||
| 1925 | North Dakota | 4–4 | 2–2 | T–4th | |||||
| North Dakota: | 24–29–2 | 8–8 | |||||||
| Mansfield Mountaineers (Independent) (1932–1937) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Mansfield | 4–1–1 | |||||||
| 1933 | Mansfield | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| 1934 | Mansfield | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| 1935 | Mansfield | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1936 | Mansfield | 4–3 | |||||||
| 1937 | Mansfield | 4–2 | |||||||
| Mansfield: | 22–16–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 92–73–11 | ||||||||
Baseball
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma A&M Cowboys () (1909–1915) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Oklahoma A&M | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1910 | Oklahoma A&M | 7–5 | |||||||
| 1911 | Oklahoma A&M | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1912 | Oklahoma A&M | 10–5–1 | |||||||
| 1913 | Oklahoma A&M | 9–4 | |||||||
| 1914 | Oklahoma A&M | 10–7 | |||||||
| 1915 | Oklahoma A&M | 5–12 | |||||||
| Oklahoma A&M: | 54–40–1 (.574) | ||||||||
| Total: | 54–40–1 (.574) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, July 14, 1918, Image 19". July 14, 1918. p. 3.
- ^ Centennial Conference Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "About Little Southside HS, OSU Cage Coaches". www.poncacitynews.com. Retrieved April 20, 2017.