Ray Best
American football player and coach (born 1936)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1936-10-16) October 16, 1936 (age 87) |
Playing career | |
1956–1959 | Doane |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1965–1970 | Doane (assistant) |
1971–1975 | Doane |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 35–12–3 |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NAIA D-II playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
3 NIAC (1971–1973) | |
Ray Best (born October 16, 1936) is a former American football coach. He was the 27th as head football coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, serving for five seasons, from 1971 to 1975, and compiling a record of 35–12–3.[1]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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Doane Tigers (Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1971–1975) | |||||||||
1971 | Doane | 6–2–1 | 4–1 | 1st | |||||
1972 | Doane | 10–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L NAIA Division II Semifinal | 3 | |||
1973 | Doane | 7–2–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st | 20 | ||||
1974 | Doane | 6–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
1975 | Doane | 6–4–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
Doane: | 35–12–3 | 20–3–2 | |||||||
Total: | 35–12–3 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- ^ Doane College coaching records Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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Doane Tigers head football coaches
- No coach (1890–1891)
- F. P. Reed (1892)
- Albert W. Jefferis (1893)
- John Lyman (1894)
- F. W. Sweeney (1895)
- No coach (1896)
- No team (1897–1898)
- S. L. Mains (1899–1900)
- Harold Hughs (1901)
- Joseph Pipal (1902)
- M. O. Smith (1903)
- John Fuhrer (1904–1907)
- R. L. Carns (1908)
- F. M. Clark (1909)
- Earl Johnson (1910–1912)
- Earnest Frank (1913)
- T. T. McConnell (1914)
- Paul J. Schissler (1915)
- Alger H. Wood (1916)
- No team (1917–1918)
- H. H. Johnston (1919–1922)
- H. J. Nossek (1923)
- Ward Haylett (1924–1927)
- Roy L. Pierce (1928–1932)
- A. Eugene Haylett (1933–1941)
- James L. Dutcher (1942–1951)
- Aubrey Givens (1952)
- Fran Nagle (1953–1954)
- Al Papik (1955–1970)
- Ray Best (1971–1975)
- Joe Glenn (1976–1979)
- Nathan Hinkle (1980)
- Brian Naber (1981–1983)
- Fran Schwenk (1984–2004)
- Tommie Frazier (2005–2006)
- Matt Franzen (2007–2017)
- Chris Bessler (2018–2023)
- Jonathan Johnson (2024– )
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