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]
 McCandless pictured in The Key 1924, Bowling Green yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 6, 1889 Broken Bow, Nebraska |
| Died | January 8, 1931 (aged 41) York, Nebraska |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| ? | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919 | Chadron State |
| 1920–1922 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1923 | Bowling Green |
| 1924 | Bethany (WV) |
| 1928–1930 | York |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1923 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1923–1924 | Bowling Green State Normal |
| 1924–1925 | Bethany (WV) |
| Baseball | |
| 1924 | Bowling Green |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 29–37–10 (football) 60–43 (basketball) 2–2–2 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NIC (1921) | |
Early life, education, and military service
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.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chadron State Eagles (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Chadron State | 2–3 | |||||||
| Chadron State: | 2–3 | ||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes (Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 6–2–2 | 4–0–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1921 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 8–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes (Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference / North Central Conference) (1922) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 4–4–1 | 4–1 / 0–2–1 | 3rd / T–8th | |||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan: | 18–9–3 | 13–3–2 | |||||||
| Bowling Green Normals (Northwest Ohio League) (1923) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Bowling Green | 3–5 | 2–2 | ||||||
| Bowling Green: | 3–5 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Bethany Bison (Tri-State Conference / West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1924) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Bethany | 1–7–1 | 0–1 / | T–4th / | |||||
| Bethany: | 1–7–1 | ||||||||
| York Panthers (Nebraska College Athletic Conference) (1928–1930) | |||||||||
| 1928 | York | 1–5–2 | 1–4–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1929 | York | 1–5–2 | 1–4–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1930 | York | 3–3–2 | 1–2–1 | T–5th | |||||
| York: | 5–13–6 | 3–10–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 29–37–10 | ||||||||
References
- ^ McGuire, Hugh, ed. (1925). The Bethanian 1925. p. 92. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ "Ray B. M'Candless Dies". Lincoln Journal Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. January 8, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved November 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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