Paul J. Davis

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.

Paul J. Davis

Davis pictured in The Redskin 1914, Oklahoma A&M yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1881-02-19)February 19, 1881 Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.
Died	April 26, 1947(1947-04-26) (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

Davis 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

Davis married Florence Eva Baxter.

Head coaching record

Football

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

Statistics overview

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)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, July 14, 1918, Image 19". July 14, 1918. p. 3.
2. Centennial Conference Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
3. "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)
4. "About Little Southside HS, OSU Cage Coaches". www.poncacitynews.com. Retrieved April 20, 2017.