Doc Mathis | |
Birth Date: | July 11, 1909 |
Birth Place: | Wilkes County, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Burlington, North Carolina, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1929–1931 |
Player Team2: | Davidson |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1929–1932 |
Player Team4: | Davidson |
Player Sport5: | Football |
Player Years6: | 1930–1932 |
Player Team6: | Davidson |
Player Positions: | Guard (football) Forward (basketball) Outfielder (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1934–1935 |
Coach Team2: | East Carolina |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1934–1936 |
Coach Team4: | East Carolina |
Coach Years5: | 1936–1937 |
Coach Team5: | Catawba |
Coach Years6: | 1949–1959 |
Coach Team6: | Elon |
Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
Coach Years8: | 1954–1956 |
Coach Team8: | Elon |
Admin Years1: | 1956 |
Admin Team1: | Elon |
Overall Record: | 4–7–1 (football) 184–150 (basketball) 46–19 (baseball) |
Graham Lunsford "Doc" Mathis[1] (July 11, 1909 – October 24, 1986)[2] [3] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at East Carolina Teachers College—now known as East Carolina University—from 1934 to 1935, compiling a record of 4–7–1.[4] Mathis was also the head basketball coach at East Carolina from 1934 to 1936, Catawba College from 1936 to 1937, and Elon University from 1949 to 1959, amassing a career college basketball coaching record of 184–150. Mathis was also the head baseball coach at Elon from 1954 to 1956, tallying a mark of 46–19, and the school's athletic director in 1956.