H. M. Grey
Grey pictured in Quips and Cranks 1921, Davidson yearbook | |
Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Iredell County, North Carolina | July 4, 1896
Died |
March 11, 1961 64) Venice, Florida | (aged
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1917 | Davidson |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1918–1919 | Bailey Military Institute (SC) |
1920–1922 | Davidson |
Basketball | |
1918–1919 | Bailey Military Institute (SC) |
1922–1923 | Davidson |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
19??–1923 | Davidson |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
10–15–5 (football) 9–8 (basketball) |
Hugh Morton "Wooly" Grey (July 4, 1896 – March 11, 1961) was an American college sports coach. He served as the head coach for Davidson College's football and men's basketball teams as well as the school's athletic director.[1] Grey compiled overall records of 10–15–5 in football and 9–8 in basketball.[2][3] Grey attended Davidson, in 1917 receiving All-Southern honors for his play on the football team from selectors John Heisman and Dick Jemison. He was also an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin.[4] He also coached the Bailey Military Institute in South Carolina for the 1918-19 seasons.[5]
He died while on vacation to visit a son in Venice, Florida in 1961.[6]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Rank# | |||
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Davidson Wildcats (Independent) (1920–1922) | |||||||||
1920 | Davidson | 5–5 | |||||||
1921 | Davidson | 3–4–3 | |||||||
1922 | Davidson | 2–6–2 | |||||||
Total: | 10–15–5 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Davidson Wildcats (Independent) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
1922–1923 | Davidson | 9–8 | |||||||
Total: | 9–8 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ↑ "Coaches". Quips and Cranks (page 130). Davidson College. 1922. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ↑ "2010–11 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (Flash). Yearly results. Davidson College. 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Davidson College". Game by game results (1920–1924). College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ↑ https://archive.org/stream/davidsoncollegeb19201921#page/14/mode/2up
- ↑ "Bailey Secures Excellent Coach". The Evening Index. April 29, 1918. Retrieved March 18, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Hugh M. Grey, N.C. Textile Official, Dies", The Bee, Monday, March 13, 1961, Danville, Virginia, United States Of America