Paul J. Davis

Paul Jones Davis (February 19, 1881 – April 26, 1947) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. 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. He married Florence Eva Baxter.

Coaching career
Davis was the eighth head football coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1908 season. His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 5 wins, 4 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 20th at Dickinson in terms of total wins and eighth at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage. From 1909 to 1914, he coached at Oklahoma A&M, and compiled a 29–16–1 record. From 1915 to 1917, he coached at North Dakota State, where he compiled a 10–7–1 record.