- Morley Jennings
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Morley Jennings Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball, track Biographical details Born January 23, 1890 Place of birth Holland, Michigan Died May 13, 1985 (aged 95) Place of death Lubbock, Texas Playing career Football
1910–1911
Mississippi StateCoaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1912–1925
1926–1940
Baseball
1929–1938
Ouachita Baptist
Baylor
BaylorAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1941–1951 Texas Tech Head coaching record Overall 153–77–18 (football)
120–79 (baseball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1973 (profile)Morley "Jopsey" Jennings (January 23, 1890 – May 13, 1985) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He attended college at Mississippi State University, where he participated in baseball, basketball, football, and track. Jennings served as the head football coach at Ouachita Baptist University from 1912 to 1925 and at Baylor University from 1926 to 1940, compiling a career college football record of 153–77–18. He was also the head baseball coach at Baylor from 1928 to 1939, tallying a mark of 120–79. From 1941 to 1951, Jennings served as the athletic director at Texas Tech University.[1] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.
Contents
Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Independent) (1912–1925) 1912 Ouachita Baptist 2–2–1 1913 Ouachita Baptist 3–2–3 1914 Ouachita Baptist 8–0–1 1915 Ouachita Baptist 7–1 1916 Ouachita Baptist 4–2 1917 Ouachita Baptist 4–0 1918 Ouachita Baptist 2–1 1919 Ouachita Baptist 4–1–1 1920 Ouachita Baptist 6–1–1 1921 Ouachita Baptist 5–3 1922 Ouachita Baptist 6–1–1 1923 Ouachita Baptist 4–3–1 1924 Ouachita Baptist 8–0–1 1925 Ouachita Baptist 7–0–2 Ouachita Baptist: 70–17–12 Baylor Bears (Southwest Conference) (1926–1940) 1926 Baylor 6–3–1 3–1–1 2nd 1927 Baylor 2–7 0–5 7th 1928 Baylor 8–2 3–2 T–3rd 1929 Baylor 7–3–1 2–2–1 3rd 1930 Baylor 6–3–1 3–1–1 2nd 1931 Baylor 3–6 1–5 6th 1932 Baylor 3–5–1 1–3–1 5th 1933 Baylor 6–4 4–2 T–2nd 1934 Baylor 3–7 1–5 7th 1935 Baylor 8–3 3–3 T–3rd 1936 Baylor 6–3–1 3–2–1 T–3rd 1937 Baylor 7–3 3–3 4th 1938 Baylor 7–2–1 3–2–1 3rd 1939 Baylor 7–3 4–2 T–2nd 1940 Baylor 4–6 0–6 7th Baylor: 83–60–6 33–44–6 Total: 153–77–18 References
- ^ Andrews, Ruth Horn (1956). The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College. Lubbock, Texas: The Texas Tech Press. pp. 305, 306–307.
External links
- Morley Jennings at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Morley Jennings at the College Football Data Warehouse
Ouachita Baptist Tigers head football coaches Unknown (1896) • J. W. Conger (1897) • No team (1898–1905) • W. R. Rogers (1906) • Raymond Kelly (1907) • E. J. Ryan (1908) • C. A. Miller (1909–1911) • Morley Jennings (1912–1925) • Foy Hammons (1926–1930) • Bo Rowland (1931) • Otis Galloway (1932–1933) • W. I. Walton (1934–1942) • No team (1943–1944) • R. A. Cowen (1945–1946) • Robert Smith (1947) • Wes Bradshaw (1948–1949) • Rab Rodgers (1950–1957) • Lamar Watkins (1958–1960) • Rab Rodgers (1961–1963) • Buddy Benson (1965–1995) • Red Parker (1996–1998) • Todd Knight (1999– )
Baylor Bears head football coaches R. H. Hamilton (1899–1900) • W. J. Ritchie (1901) • J. C. Ewing (1902) • R. N. Watts (1903) • Sol Metzger (1904) • Archie Web (1905) • No team (1906) • Luther Burleson (1907) • Enoch J. Mills (1908–1909) • Ralph Glaze (1910–1912) • Norman C. Paine (1913) • Charles Mosley (1914–1919) • Frank Bridges (1920–1925) • Morley Jennings (1926–1940) • Frank Kimbrough (1941–1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Frank Kimbrough (1945–1946) • Bob Woodruff (1947–1949) • George Sauer (1950–1955) • Sam Boyd (1956–1958) • John Bridgers (1959–1968) • Bill Beall (1969–1971) • Grant Teaff (1972–1992) • Chuck Reedy (1993–1996) • Dave Roberts (1997–1998) • Kevin Steele (1999–2002) • Guy Morriss (2003–2007) • Art Briles (2008– )
Baylor Bears head baseball coaches J. C. Ewing (1902) • R. N. Watts (1903–1904) • Lee Carroll (1905) • Luther Burleson (1906–1908) • Enoch J. Mills (1909) • Ralph Glaze (1910–1913) • Charles Mosley (1914–1919) • Frank Bridges (1920–1927) • Morley Jennings (1928–1939) • Lloyd Russell (1940–1941) • Floyd Crow (1942) • No team (1943–1945) A. E. Jones (1946–1950) • Vic Bradford (1951) • Chuck Devereaux (1952) • A. E. Jones (1953) • Boyd SoRelle (1954–1957) • Lloyd Russell (1958–1961) • Dutch Schroeder (1962–1973) • Mickey Sullivan (1974–1994) • Steve Smith (1995– )
Ewing Y. Freeland (1925–1927) • Grady Higginbotham (1927–1929) • Pete Cawthon (1930–1940) • Morley Jennings (1941–1951) • DeWitt Weaver (1952–1960) • Polk Robison (1960–1970) • J. T. King (1970–1978) • Dick Tamburo (1978–1980) • John Conley (1980–1985) • T. Jones (1985–1992) • Robert Bockrath (1992–1995) • Gerald Myers (1996–2011) • Kirby Hocutt (2011– ) Categories:- 1890 births
- 1985 deaths
- Baylor Bears baseball coaches
- Baylor Bears football coaches
- Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball players
- Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball players
- Mississippi State Bulldogs football players
- Ouachita Baptist Tigers football coaches
- Texas Tech Red Raiders athletic directors
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- American basketball players
- People from Holland, Michigan
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