1. Raymond O Courtright was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, golf, and wrestling, and college athletics administrator.
21 Facts About Ray Courtright
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Ray Courtright was the head football coach at Pittsburg State University, the University of Nevada, Reno, and Colorado School of Mines.
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Ray Courtright was an assistant football coach, head golf coach and head wrestling coach at the University of Michigan.
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Ray Courtright was a multi-sport athlete at the University of Oklahoma competing in football, baseball, basketball and track.
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Ray Courtright played halfback for Bennie Owen's Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1911 to 1913.
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Ray Courtright was reportedly selected as an All-Southwestern halfback for three consecutive years.
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Ray Courtright received varsity letters for basketball and track.
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Ray Courtright graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Oklahoma in 1914.
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Ray Courtright was Nevada's football coach for five years from 1919 to 1923.
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When Ray Courtright returned to the Nevada campus in 1961, he was shown souvenirs of his time at the school.
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Ray Courtright was the head basketball coach at Nevada and led the basketball team to championships of the California-Nevada Basketball League in both 1920 and 1921.
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In four seasons as Nevada's basketball coach, Ray Courtright compiled a record of 25 wins and 29 losses.
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In March 1924, Ray Courtright was hired away from Nevada by the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
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Ray Courtright was given a three-year contract at an advanced salary with a promise of a raise after the first season.
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Ray Courtright stated that he regretted leaving Nevada but could not turn down the offer made by the Colorado school.
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In September 1927, Ray Courtright was hired as an assistant football coach at the University of Michigan.
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Ray Courtright served in that capacity from 1927 to 1936.
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Ray Courtright was the head golf coach at Michigan from 1936 to 1944.
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Ray Courtright coached NCAA individual champion Chuck Kocsis and 1943 Michigan golf team was the runner up in the NCAA National Championship.
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In May 1946, Ray Courtright was hired by Fresno State College as an assistant football coach.