Earl A. Davis | |
Birth Place: | Tennessee, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Team2: | Transylvania |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1917–1922 |
Coach Team2: | Missouri Wesleyan |
Coach Years3: | 1923–1924 |
Coach Team3: | McKendree |
Coach Years4: | 1925 |
Coach Team4: | Centenary |
Coach Years5: | 1926 |
Coach Team5: | Northwest Missouri State (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 1927–1936 |
Coach Team6: | Northwest Missouri State |
Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
Coach Years8: | 1923–1925 |
Coach Team8: | McKendree |
Overall Record: | 86–62–12 (football) 22–7 (basketball) |
Championships: | 4 MIAA (1917, 1919, 1921, 1931) |
Earl A. "Lefty" Davis (– ?) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Missouri Wesleyan College from 1917to 1922, McKendree College—now known McKendree University from 1923 to 1924, Centenary College of Louisiana in 1925, and Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College—now known as Northwest Missouri State University from 1927 to 1936. Davis was also the head basketball coach at McKendree from 1923 to 1925, tallying a mark of 22–7.
Davis played football at Transylvania University.[1]