Raymond Rollins Sermon (March 1, 1893 – October 12, 1965) was an American college football, college basketball, college baseball, and track coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central College—now known as Central Methodist University—in Fayette, Missouri in 1917 and Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now known as Missouri University of Science and Technology—in Rolla, Missouri from 1918 to 1919, and Kirksville Osteopathy College—renamed from A.T. Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery in 1924 and now known as A.T. Still University—in Kirksville, Missouri from 1921 to 1924.[1]
 Sermon at NC State in 1940 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1, 1893 Independence, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 1965 (aged 72) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1911–1913 | Warrensburg |
| 1915–1916 | Springfield |
| 1921–1923 | Kirksville Osteopaths |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1914 | Wentworth Military Academy (MO) |
| 1917 | Central (MO) |
| 1918–1919 | Missouri Mines |
| 1921–1924 | Kirksville Osteopaths |
| 1925 | NC State (backfield) |
| Basketball | |
| 1921–1925 | Kirksville Osteopaths |
| 1930–1940 | NC State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1931–1937 | NC State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–17–1 (college football) |
Sermon attended Warrensburg Teachers College—now known as the University of Central Missouri, where he was captain of the football, basketball, baseball, and track teams. As a quarterback in football, he was named to the "All Missouri" team in 1913. Sermon coached at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri during the 1914–15 academic year. He then attended the International YMCA College—now known as Springfield College—in Springfield, Massachusetts, playing on the football team in 1915 and 1916.[2]
At Kirksville Osteopath, Sermon also played on the football team for three years and coached basketball, baseball, and golf. He left Kirksville in 1925 to become the backfield coach for the football team at North Carolina State University.[3][4]
Sermon served as the head men's basketball at NC State from 1930 to 1940.[5]
Sermon died on October 12, 1965.[6]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Eagles (Independent) (1917) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Central | 4–2 | |||||||
| Central: | 4–2 | ||||||||
| Missouri Mines Miners (Independent) (1918) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Missouri Mines | 1–2 | |||||||
| Missouri Mines Miners (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Missouri Mines | 3–5 | 2–2 | T–5th | |||||
| Missouri Mines: | 4–7 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Kirksville Osteopaths (Independent) (1921–1924) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Kirksville Osteopaths | 6–1 | |||||||
| 1922 | Kirksville Osteopaths | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1923 | Kirksville Osteopaths | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Kirksville Osteopaths | 6–0 | |||||||
| Kirksville Osteopaths: | 19–8–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 27–17–1 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. p. 737. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Ray Sermon, New A.S.O. Coach, Gets On Job". Kirksville Daily Express and Kirksville Daily News. Kirksville, Missouri. September 29, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Ray Sermon, Former Conference Star, to Coach Kirksville". Springfield Republican. Springfield, Missouri. Associated Press. December 16, 1921. p. 9. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Dr. Sermon To Coach The North Carolina A. & M." Kirksville Daily Express and Kirksville Daily News. Kirksville, Missouri. August 6, 1925. p. 1. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "NC State". coachesdatabase.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ^ "Dr. Sermon dies at 71". The El Dorado Times. October 14, 1965. p. 18. Retrieved January 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
