Doc Mathis Explained

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.

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Dispatch - Google News Archive Search. April 13, 2015.
  2. Web site: Person Details for Graham Lunsford Mathis, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994" — FamilySearch.org. familysearch.org. April 13, 2015.
  3. Web site: Person Details for Graham Lunsford Mathis, "North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000" — FamilySearch.org. familysearch.org. April 13, 2015.
  4. News: G.L. "Doc" Mathis Records by Year . College Football Data Warehouse . December 1, 2007 . April 22, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080422193601/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1473 . dead .