Les Davis (American football)

Les Davis
Biographical details
Born	August 13, 1937; Corning, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	December 19, 2007 (aged 70)
Playing career
1961–1962	San Jose State
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963	San Jose State (GA)
1964	Stanford (GA)
1965	Cal State Hayward (line)
1966–1970	Cal State Hayward
1971	New Mexico Highlands
1972–1973	California (assistant)
1974–1975	Newark HS (CA)
Head coaching record
Overall	31–28–2 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2 FWC (1969–1970)

Lester Ray Davis (August 13, 1937 – December 19, 2007) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at California State College at Hayward—now known as California State University, East Bay—from 1966 to 1970 and at New Mexico Highlands University in 1971, compiling a career college football coaching record of 31–28–2.^[1] Davis played college football at San Jose State University, earning letters in 1961 and 1962.^[2] He came to Cal State Hayward in 1965 as line coach under Darryl Rogers.^[3]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	UPI^#
Cal State Hayward Pioneers (Far Western Conference) (1966–1970)
1966	Cal State Hayward	2–8	1–5	T–6th
1967	Cal State Hayward	7–3	3–3	4th
1968	Cal State Hayward	5–4–1	1–4–1	T–6th
1969	Cal State Hayward	9–1	5–0	1st	15
1970	Cal State Hayward	7–4	3–1	T–1st
Cal State Hayward:		30–20–1	13–13–1
New Mexico Highlands Cowboys (NAIA Division I independent) (1971)
1971	New Mexico Highlands	1–8–1
New Mexico Highlands:		1–8–1
Total:		31–28–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

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