Paul Durham (American football)
American football and basketball coach (1913–2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul H. Durham (October 18, 1913 – June 22, 2007) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon from 1948 to 1967, compiling a record of 121–51–10 . During his tenure, he began a string of consecutive winning seasons at Linfield that continues to this day.[2] Durham was also Linfield's head men's basketball coach from 1949 to 1952, tallying a mark of 31–48.[3] He concluded his career as the athletic director at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.[4]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 18, 1913 Portland, Oregon, U.S.[1] |
| Died | June 22, 2007 (aged 93) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1935 | Linfield |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1935 | Linfield |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| ?–1947 | Franklin HS (OR) |
| 1948–1967 | Linfield |
| Basketball | |
| 1949–1952 | Linfield |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1968–1975 | Hawaii |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 121–51–10 (college football) 31–48 (college basketball) |
| Tournaments | Football 2–3 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 7 NWC (1956–1957, 1961–1962, 1964–1965, 1967) | |
| Awards | |
| Football NAIA Coach of the Year (1962) | |
As a student at Linfield, Durham competed in basketball, football, and track and field.[2]
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linfield Wildcats (Northwest Conference) (1948–1967) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Linfield | 3–6 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1949 | Linfield | 4–4 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1950 | Linfield | 6–3 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1951 | Linfield | 3–3–3 | 1–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1952 | Linfield | 5–3–1 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1953 | Linfield | 5–4 | 3–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1954 | Linfield | 3–6 | 1–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1955 | Linfield | 3–6 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1956 | Linfield | 6–1–2 | 3–1–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1957 | Linfield | 8–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1958 | Linfield | 7–1–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1959 | Linfield | 4–3–1 | 1–2–2 | 6th | |||||
| 1960 | Linfield | 7–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1961 | Linfield | 10–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L NAIA Championship | ||||
| 1962 | Linfield | 8–0–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1963 | Linfield | 8–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1964 | Linfield | 8–1–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | ||||
| 1965 | Linfield | 8–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L NAIA Championship | ||||
| 1966 | Linfield | 7–2 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1967 | Linfield | 8–1 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
| Linfield: | 121–51–10 | 65–33–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 121–51–10 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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