| Paul J. Davis | |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1881 |
| Birth Place: | Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Blossburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Dickinson College[1] |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1908 |
| Coach Team2: | Dickinson |
| Coach Years3: | 1909–1914 |
| Coach Team3: | Oklahoma A&M |
| Coach Years4: | 1915–1917 |
| Coach Team4: | North Dakota Agricultural |
| Coach Years5: | 1918 |
| Coach Team5: | Camp Zachary Taylor |
| Coach Years6: | 1919–1925 |
| Coach Team6: | North Dakota |
| Coach Years7: | 1932–1937 |
| Coach Team7: | Mansfield |
| Coach Sport8: | Basketball |
| Coach Years9: | 1911–1915 |
| Coach Team9: | Oklahoma A&M |
| Coach Years10: | 1915–1918 |
| Coach Team10: | North Dakota Agricultural |
| Coach Years11: | 1920–1924 |
| Coach Team11: | North Dakota |
| Coach Years12: | 1932–1937 |
| Coach Team12: | Mansfield |
| Coach Sport13: | Baseball |
| Coach Years14: | 1909–1915 |
| Coach Team14: | Oklahoma A&M |
| Admin Years1: | 1909–1915 |
| Admin Team1: | Oklahoma A&M |
| Admin Years2: | 1915–1918 |
| Admin Team2: | North Dakota Agricultural |
| Admin Years3: | 1919–1928 |
| Admin Team3: | North Dakota |
| Overall Record: | 92–73–11 (football) 114–54 (basketball) 54–40–1 (baseball) |
Paul Jones Davis (February 19, 1881 – April 26, 1947) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College (1908), Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Oklahoma State University (1909–1914), North Dakota Agricultural College—now known as North Dakota State University (1915–1917), and University of North Dakota (1920–1924), and Mansfield State Teachers College—now known as Mansfield University of Pennsylvania (1932–1937). Davis was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma A&M (1911–1915), North Dakota Agricultural (1915–1918), and North Dakota (1920–1924), amassing a career college basketball coaching mark of 112–44. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Oklahoma A&M from 1909 to 1915, tallying a record of 54–40–1.
Davis was the eighth head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, serving for one season, in 1908, and compiling a record of 5–4.[2] [3] From 1911 to 1915, he coached at Oklahoma A&M. He spent the 1911-13 seasons, coaching football compiling a 30-17-1 record. From 1914-15, he coached basketball and compiled a 15-16 record. At his time at A&M, he coached baseball and served as athletic director.[4] From 1915 to 1917, he coached at North Dakota Agricultural, where he compiled a 10–7–1 record.
Davis married Florence Eva Baxter.