| Ray B. McCandless | |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Broken Bow, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Death Place: | York, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | ? |
| Player Team2: | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1919 |
| Coach Team2: | Chadron Normal |
| Coach Years3: | 1920–1922 |
| Coach Team3: | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Coach Years4: | 1923 |
| Coach Team4: | Bowling Green |
| Coach Years5: | 1924 |
| Coach Team5: | Bethany (WV) |
| Coach Years6: | 1928–1930 |
| Coach Team6: | York |
| Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
| Coach Years8: | 1920–1923 |
| Coach Team8: | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Coach Years9: | 1923–1924 |
| Coach Team9: | Bowling Green State Normal |
| Coach Years10: | 1924–1925 |
| Coach Team10: | Bethany (WV) |
| Coach Sport11: | Baseball |
| Coach Years12: | 1924 |
| Coach Team12: | Bowling Green |
| Overall Record: | 29–37–10 (football) 60–43 (basketball) 2–2–2 (baseball) |
| Championships: | 1 NIC (1921) |
Raymond Beebe McCandless (October 6, 1889 – January 8, 1931) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Chadron State College in 1919, Nebraska Wesleyan University from 1920 to 1922, Bowling Green State Normal School—now known as Bowling Green State University—in 1923, Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia for the 1924 season, and York College in York, Nebraska from 1928 to 1930, compiling a career college football record of 29–37–10. McCandless was also the head basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan from 1920 to 1923, at Bowling Green State Normal during the 1923–24 season, and at Bethany for the 1924–25 season, amassing a career college basketball record of tallying a mark of 60–43. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Bowling Green State Normal in the spring of 1924, tallying a mark of 2–2–2. McCandless played football at Nebraska Wesleyan.[1] He died on January 8, 1931, in York, Nebraska.[2]
The fourth son of Lucian McCandless and Amanda Gandy, McCandless was born in Broken Bow, Nebraska. He attended Broken Bow schools and graduated at 16. In 1909 he, attended the University of Nebraska, and in 1910, the Broken Bow Business College. The following year he entered Nebraska Wesleyan University, graduating in 1914 with honors for popularity, scholarship and athletics. He then began his coaching career at Nebraska City.
McCandless volunteered with the Sixth Nebraska Infantry in 1917, and was appointed Second Lieutenant of the 127th Machine Gun Battalion. He saw service in France during World War I with the 29th Infantry Division.