Morley Jennings
American athlete, coach, and administrator (1890–1985)
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1890-01-23)January 23, 1890 Holland, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | May 13, 1985(1985-05-13) (aged 95) Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1910–1911 | Mississippi State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1912–1925 | Ouachita Baptist |
| 1926–1940 | Baylor |
| Baseball | |
| 1929–1938 | Baylor |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1941–1951 | Texas Tech |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 153–77–18 (football) 120–79 (baseball) |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1973 (profile) | |
Baseball player Baseball career | |
| Second baseman | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 8, 1913, for the Washington Senators | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 9, 1913, for the Washington Senators | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .000 |
| At bats | 3 |
| Hits | 0 |
| Teams | |
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William Morley "Jopsey" Jennings (January 23, 1890 – May 13, 1985) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
Biography
Jennings attended college at Mississippi State University in Starkville, at which he participated in baseball, basketball, football, and track. Jennings served from 1912 to 1925 as the head football coach at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and then at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, from 1926 to 1940. He compiled a career college football record of 153–77–18. He was also the head baseball coach at Baylor from 1928 to 1939, where he tallied a mark of 120–79. From 1941 to 1951, Jennings served as the athletic director at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.[1] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.
Jennings was also a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played in two games for the Washington Senators in 1913, going 0-for-3.
Jennings and his wife, Elizabeth, had one son, Richard Autrey Jennings (1917–2019), who was born while the couple lived in Arkadelphia. In 1942, Richard Jennings obtained his Juris Doctor from George Washington Law School in Washington, D.C., where he worked on Capitol Hill for Texas U.S. Senator Tom Connally and operated an elevator in the Capitol. He subsequently practiced law in Lubbock for seventy-six years before moving to Corinth in Denton County, Texas, in his later years.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Independent) (1912–1925) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Ouachita Baptist | 2–2–1 | |||||||
| 1913 | Ouachita Baptist | 3–2–3 | |||||||
| 1914 | Ouachita Baptist | 8–0–1 | |||||||
| 1915 | Ouachita Baptist | 7–1 | |||||||
| 1916 | Ouachita Baptist | 4–2 | |||||||
| 1917 | Ouachita Baptist | 4–0 | |||||||
| 1918 | Ouachita Baptist | 2–1 | |||||||
| 1919 | Ouachita Baptist | 4–1–1 | |||||||
| 1920 | Ouachita Baptist | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| 1921 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1922 | Ouachita Baptist | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| 1923 | Ouachita Baptist | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Ouachita Baptist | 8–0–1 | |||||||
| 1925 | Ouachita Baptist | 7–0–2 | |||||||
| Ouachita Baptist: | 70–17–12 | ||||||||
| Baylor Bears (Southwest Conference) (1926–1940) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Baylor | 6–3–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1927 | Baylor | 2–7 | 0–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1928 | Baylor | 8–2 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1929 | Baylor | 7–3–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1930 | Baylor | 6–3–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1931 | Baylor | 3–6 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1932 | Baylor | 3–5–1 | 1–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1933 | Baylor | 6–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1934 | Baylor | 3–7 | 1–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1935 | Baylor | 8–3 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1936 | Baylor | 6–3–1 | 3–2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1937 | Baylor | 7–3 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1938 | Baylor | 7–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1939 | Baylor | 7–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1940 | Baylor | 4–6 | 0–6 | 7th | |||||
| Baylor: | 83–60–6 | 33–44–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 153–77–18 | ||||||||
References
- ^ Andrews, Ruth Horn (1956). The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College. Lubbock, Texas: The Texas Tech Press. pp. 305, 306–307.
- ^ "Richard Jennings". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. January 20, 2019.
External links
- Morley Jennings at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
