![]() Davis pictured in The Redskin 1914, Oklahoma A&M yearbook
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Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Williamsburg, Virginia |
February 19, 1881
Died | April 26, 1947 Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania |
(aged 66)
Alma mater | Dickinson College |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1908 | Dickinson |
1909–1914 | Oklahoma A&M |
1915–1917 | North Dakota Agricultural |
1919–1925 | North Dakota |
Basketball | |
1911–1915 | Oklahoma A&M |
1915–1918 | North Dakota Agricultural |
1920–1924 | North Dakota |
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 | 69–57–6 (football) 112–44 (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 athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College (1908), Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now Oklahoma State University (1909–1914), North Dakota Agricultural College—now North Dakota State University (1915–1917), and the University of North Dakota (1920–1924), compiling a career college football record of 69–57–6. Davis was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma A&M (1911–1915), North Dakota Agricultural (1915–1918), and North Dakota (1920–1924), tallying a mark of 112–44. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Oklahoma A&M from 1909 to 1915, amassing a record of 54–40–1.
Davis was the eighth head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1908 season. His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 5–4. This ranks him 20th at Dickinson in terms of total wins and eighth at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage. 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. From 1915 to 1917, he coached at North Dakota Agricultural, where he compiled a 10–7–1 record.
Davis married Florence Eva Baxter.