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
1941–1942	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	96–79–13 (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, 1941–1942). 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.

Davis was a standout baseball and football player at Dickinson College. He played first base for the Altoona Rams, York White Roses, Trenton Tigers, Lancaster Red Roses, Elmira Colonels, and Louisville Colonels.^[2]

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.^[3][4] From 1909 to 1915, he was the director of athletics at Oklahoma A&M.^[2] 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 also coached baseball.^[5]

From 1915 to 1917, Davis coached at North Dakota Agricultural, where he compiled a 10–7–1 record. In 1918, he was the director of athletics at Camp Zachary Taylor.^[2] He then coached at North Dakota.

In 1932, Davis joined the faculty of the Mansfield State Teachers College as a social studies instructor and football, basketball, and baseball coach. He stopped coaching in 1937, but remained with the school as an instructor. He returned to the football team in 1941 following the resignation of Glenn Johnson.^[6]