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Ronald J. Slay (November 15, 1890 – September 18, 1948) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. A teacher of science and modern language,[1] he was appointed by the faculty of Mississippi Normal College—now known as the University of Southern Mississippi—in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as school's first head football coach in 1912. He served in that capacity for one season, compiling a record of 2–1.[2] Slay was also the head basketball coach at Mississippi Normal in 1912–13 and from 1918 to 1920, tallying a mark of 9–7, and the school's head baseball coach from 1914 to 1916 and in 1919, tallying a mark 4–5.[3]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Purvis, Mississippi, U.S. | November 15, 1890
Died | September 18, 1948 57) New York, New York, U.S. | (aged
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1912 | Mississippi Normal |
Basketball | |
1912–1913 | Mississippi Normal |
1918–1920 | Mississippi Normal |
Baseball | |
1914–1916 | Mississippi Normal |
1919 | Mississippi Normal |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1912–1921 | Mississippi Normal |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–1 (football) 9–7 (basketball) 4–5 (baseball) |
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Mississippi Normal Normalites (Independent) (1912) | |||||||||
1912 | Mississippi Normal | 2–1 | |||||||
Mississippi Normal: | 2–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 2–1 |
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