Vaughn Corley Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: . New Mexico Aggies Select Vaughn Corley Head Coach . . . January 16, 1948 . 23 . September 18, 2017 . .
  2. News: . Death Notices; Corley . . . November 20, 1977 . 2 . September 18, 2017 . .