Ray B. McCandless

American football player and sports coach (1889–1931)

Ray B. McCandless
Biographical details
McCandless pictured in The Key 1924, Bowling Green yearbook
Born	(1889-10-06)October 6, 1889 Broken Bow, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	January 8, 1931(1931-01-08) (aged 41) York, Nebraska, U.S.
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)

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]

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
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) (1924)
1924	Bethany	1–7–1	0–1	T–4th
Bethany:		1–7–1	0–1
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 .

External links

Ray B. McCandless at Find a Grave

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Unknown (1908)
No team (1909–1910)
Charles E. White (1911)
Clarence A. Berge (1912)
George Bealer (1913–1914)
Orin Weymouth (1915–1916)
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Ralph E. West (1920–1923)
Ernest C. Wills (1924)
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Ross O. Armstrong (1945–1952)
LaVerne J. Fitzgibbon (1953–1954)
William C. Baker (1955)
Paul Glod (1956)
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James R. Kuechler (1962–1964)
Jack E. McBride (1965–1966)
Bill Giles (1967–1971)
Glenn Brady (1972)
Sparky Adams (1973–1977)
Jerry Welch (1978–1981)
Gary Richardson (1982–1983)
Don Turner (1984–1986)
Brad Smith (1987–2004)
Bill O'Boyle (2005–2011)
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# denotes interim head coach

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Frank Crawford (1896)
Charles Thomas (1897)
No team (1898–1907)
Zora G. Clevenger (1908–1910)
William G. Kline (1911–1917)
William A. Norris (1918)
Ben Beck (1919)
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Glenn A. Preston (1923–1924)
Clarence L. Dow (1925–1926)
Howard A. Durham (1927)
Francis T. Alabaster (1928–1929)
John D. Waldorf (1930–1932)
John E. Roberts (1933–1934)
George M. Farley (1935–1936)
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George "Bus" Knight (1946–1949)
Roy B. Robertson (1950–1953)
Keith W. Skogman (1954–1959)
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Steve Stanard (1994–1995)
Brian Keller (1996– )

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John Stitt (1919)
Walter Jean (1920)
Earl Krieger (1921)
Allen Snyder (1922)
Ray B. McCandless (1923)
Warren Steller (1924–1934)
Harry Ockerman (1935–1940)
Robert Whittaker (1941–1954)
Doyt Perry (1955–1964)
Bob Gibson (1965–1967)
Don Nehlen (1968–1976)
Denny Stolz (1977–1985)
Moe Ankney (1986–1990)
Gary Blackney (1991–2000)
Urban Meyer (2001–2002)
Gregg Brandon (2003–2008)
Dave Clawson (2009–2013)
Adam Scheier # (2013)
Dino Babers (2014–2015)
Brian Ward # (2015)
Mike Jinks (2016–2018)
Carl Pelini # (2018)
Scot Loeffler (2019– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball head coaches
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Fred Beyerman (1915–1921)
Earl Krieger (1921–1922)
Allen Snyder (1922–1923)
Ray B. McCandless (1923–1924)
Warren Steller (1924–1925)
Paul Landis (1925–1942)
Harold Anderson (1942–1951)
George Muellich # (1951)
Harold Anderson (1951–1963)
Warren Scholler (1963–1967)
Bill Fitch (1967–1968)
Bob Conibear (1968–1971)
Pat Haley (1971–1976)
John Weinert (1976–1986)
Jim Larrañaga (1986–1997)
Dan Dakich (1997–2007)
Louis Orr (2007–2014)
Chris Jans (2014–2015)
Michael Huger (2015–2023)
Todd Simon (2023– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Bowling Green Falcons head baseball coaches
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v t e Bethany Bison head football coaches
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Unknown (1899)
Eugene Y. Willis (1900)
No team (1901)
Alexander C. Chapman (1902)
Aiken (1903)
Clark Schrontz (1904)
Stauffer (1905)
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Worth B. Yancey (1907–1908)
Harry Smith (1909)
J. M. Townsend (1910)
William S. Shuttleworth (1911)
Harry Smith (1912)
Alexander Hogarty (1913)
Chester J. Roberts (1914)
E. E. Tarr (1915)
Fred Heyman (1916)
Boyd Chambers (1917)
Wilbur H. Cramblet (1918)
Herman R. Beckelheimer (1919)
Harry M. Buland (1920–1921)
Katy Easterday (1922–1923)
Ray B. McCandless (1924)
Furman Nuss (1925–1928)
David C. Morrow (1929)
John J. Knight (1930–1944)
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Don L. Phillips (1946–1947)
Glenn Johnson (1948–1950)
Donald E. Fuoss (1951–1952)
John J. Knight (1953–1962)
Bob Goin (1963–1972)
Don Ault (1973–1981)
Wally Neel (1982–1989)
Don Turner (1990–1992)
Steve Campos (1993–2001)
Chris Snyder (2002–2003)
Steve Lee (2004–2005)
Tim Weaver (2006–2012)
Bill Garvey (2013–2021)
Brandon Robinson (2022– )

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