 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) |
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.
- ^ "New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, July 14, 1918, Image 19". July 14, 1918. p. 3.