Vaughn Corley | |
Birth Date: | 2 November 1907 |
Birth Place: | Hill County, Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1926–1928 |
Player Team1: | Texas Tech |
Coach Years1: | 1929–1932 |
Coach Team1: | Las Cruces HS (NM) |
Coach Years2: | 1933–1938 |
Coach Team2: | New Mexico A&M (line) |
Coach Years3: | 1939–1942 |
Coach Team3: | Oregon (line) |
Coach Years4: | c. 1943 |
Coach Team4: | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (line) |
Coach Years5: | 1945–1946 |
Coach Team5: | Oregon (line) |
Coach Years6: | 1947 |
Coach Team6: | Arizona (line) |
Coach Years7: | 1948–1950 |
Coach Team7: | New Mexico A&M |
Admin Years1: | 1949–1951 |
Admin Team1: | New Mexico A&M |
Overall Record: | 9–20 (college) |
Vaughn D. Corley (November 2, 1907 – November 18, 1977) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as New Mexico State University—from 1948 to 1950, compiling a record of 9–20. Corley played football and ran track at Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University. He began his coaching career in 1929 at Las Cruces High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Corley moved to New Mexico A&M as an assistant football coach in 1933 and coached the linemen there under head coach Jerry Hines until 1938. He coached the line at the University of Oregon, from 1939 to 1942 and again from 1945 to 1946, and at the University of Arizona in 1947 before returning to Mexico A&M as head coach in 1948. Corley also coached at the Saint Mary's Pre-Flight School during World War II.[1]
Corley died on November 18, 1977, at a hospital in Las Cruces.[2]