J. Elwood Davis

J. Elwood Davis
Playing career

Sport(s)	Football
1915–1917	Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1920	Kansas Wesleyan
Head coaching record
Overall	0–1–2 (college)

John Elwood "Davy" Davis was an American football player and coach in the United States.

Playing career

Davis graduated from the University of Iowa in Iowa City.^[1] He played football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was captain of the football team.^[2]

Coaching career

High school coaching

Coach Davis spent time coaching in the high school ranks in Iowa from 1917 to 1919.^[3]

Kansas Wesleyan

Davis was the eight head football coach for the Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes located in Salina, Kansas and he held that position for the 1920 season. His coaching record at Kansas Wesleyan was 0 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2009 season, this ranks him 16th at Kansas Wesleyan in total wins and 14th at the school in winning percentage (.333).^[4]

References

↑ The Phi Gamma Delta, Volume 44 "Football's Passing Show" October 1921 page 117
↑ The Iowa alumnus, Volume 15 By State University of Iowa, October 1917, page 17
↑ Newton, Iowa High School Football - 1919 "J. Elwood Davis"
↑ College Football Data Warehouse Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes all-time coaching records

External links

J. Elwood Davis at the College Football Data Warehouse

Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes head football coaches

No coach (1893)
No team (1893–1898)
No coach (1899–1902)
Albert B. Cowden (1903)
No team (1904)
Albert B. Cowden (1905)
Coach Miller (1906)
Unknown (1907)
C. L. Williams (1908–1909)
No team (1910–1913)
George R. Edwards (1914)
W. F. Ragle (1915)
George Williams (1916)
George R. Edwards (1917)
No team (1918)
Ernest C. Quigley (1919)
J. Elwood Davis (1920)
Alexander Brown Mackie (1921–1937)
Gene Johnson (1938–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Virgil Baer (1946–1948)
Wally A. Forsberg (1949–1951)
Franklin Gene Bissell (1952–1961)
Daffin Backstrom (1962)
Franklin Gene Bissell (1963–1978)
Ron Dupree (1979–1980)
Jon Bingesser (1981–1984)
Jack Welch (1985–1986)
Brad Jenkins (1987–1995)
Ron Dupree (1996)
Dave Dallas (1997–2013)
Matt Drinkall (2014– )

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