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Otis Douglas 
Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born July 25, 1911 Place of birth Reedville, Virginia Died March 21, 1989 (aged 77) Playing career 1929–1930
1946–1949William & Mary
Philadelphia EaglesPosition(s) Tackle Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1935–1938
1939–1940
1941–1942
1948
1949
1950–1952
1953
1954
1956–1960William & Mary (line)
Akron (line)
Akron
Drexel (assistant)
Drexel
Arkansas
Baltimore Colts (assistant)
Villanova (assistant)
Calgary StampedersHead coaching record Overall 14–31–3 (college) Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Otis Whitfield Douglas, Jr. (July 25, 1911 – March 21, 1989) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Akron (1941–1942) and the University of Arkansas (1950–1952). Douglas played for the Philadelphia Eagles for four seasons (1946–1949) and coached the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (1955–1960).
Born in Reedville, Virginia, Douglas played college football at the College of William and Mary in 1929 and 1930. He served in United States Navy from 1942 to 1945. Douglas also held coaching positions at Drexel University (1949) and Villanova University (1954). He was an assistant coach for the Baltimore Colts in 1953 and was a consultant to the coaching staff of the Cincinnati Reds in 1961 and 1962.
In 1979, Douglas was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
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Head coaching record
College
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Akron Zips (Independent) (1941–1942) 1941 Akron 5–3–1 1942 Akron 0–7–2 Akron: 5–10–3 Arkansas Razorbacks (Southwest Conference) (1950–1952) 1950 Arkansas 2–8 1–5 7th 1951 Arkansas 5–5 2–4 6th 1952 Arkansas 2–8 1–5 7th Arkansas: 9–21 4–14 Total: 14–31–3 References
External links
- Otis Douglas at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Otis Douglas at Pro-Football-Reference.com
- Otis Douglas at Find a Grave
- Otis Douglas at the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
Philadelphia Eagles 1948 NFL Champions Neill Armstrong | Walt Barnes | Russ Craft | Noble Doss | Otis Douglas | Jack Ferrante | Mario Giannelli | John Green | Fred Hartman | Dick Humbert | Al Johnson | Bucko Kilroy | Ben Kish | Vic Lindskog | Jay MacDowell | Bill Mackrides | John Magee | Bap Manzini | Duke Maronic | Pat McHugh | Joe Muha | Jack Myers | Les Palmer | Jim Parmer | Cliff Patton | Pete Pihos | Hal Prescott | Bosh Pritchard | George Savitsky | Vic Sears | Ernie Steele | Gil Steinke | Frank Szymanski | Tommy Thompson | Steve Van Buren | Al Wistert | Alex Wojciechowicz
Head Coach Greasy NealePhiladelphia Eagles 1949 NFL Champions Neill Armstrong | Walt Barnes | Chuck Bednarik | Russ Craft | Otis Douglas | Jack Ferrante | Mario Giannelli | John Green | Dick Humbert | Mike Jarmoluk | Bucko Kilroy | Ben Kish | Vic Lindskog | Jay MacDowell | Bill Mackrides | John Magee | Duke Maronic | Pat McHugh | Joe Muha | Jack Myers | Jim Parmer | Cliff Patton | Pete Pihos | Hal Prescott | Bosh Pritchard | Frank Reagan | George Savitsky | Clyde Scott | Vic Sears | Leo Skladany | Tommy Thompson | Steve Van Buren | Al Wistert | Alex Wojciechowicz | Frank Ziegler
Head Coach Greasy NealeAkron Zips head football coaches No coach (1891) • Frank Cook (1892) • John Heisman (1893–1894) • No coach (1895) • Harry Wilson (1896) • No team (1897–1898) • Archie Eves (1899) • No coach (1900) • No team (1901) • Forest Firestone (1902) • Alfred W. Place (1903) • No team (1904–1907) • Dwight Bradley (1908) • Clarence Weed (1909) • Frank Haggerty (1910–1914) • Fred Sefton (1915–1923) • James W. Coleman (1924–1925) • George Babcock (1926) • Red Blair (1927–1935) • Jim Aiken (1936–1938) • Thomas Dowler (1939–1940) • Otis Douglas (1941–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Paul Baldacci (1946–1947) • William Houghton (1948–1951) • Kenneth Cochrane (1952–1953) • Joe McMullen (1954–1960) • Gordon K. Larson (1961–1972) • Jim Dennison (1973–1985) • Gerry Faust (1986–1994) • Lee Owens (1995–2003) • J. D. Brookhart (2004–2009) • Rob Ianello (2010– )
Arkansas Razorbacks head football coaches John C. Futrall (1894–1896) • B. N. Wilson (1897–1898) • Colbert Searles (1899–1900) • Charles Thomas (1901–1902) • D. A. McDaniel (1903) • A. D. Brown (1904–1905) • Frank Longman (1906–1907) • Hugo Bezdek (1908–1912) • E. T. Pickering (1913–1914) • T. T. McConnell (1915–1916) • Norman C. Paine (1917–1918) • James B. Craig (1919) • George McLaren (1920–1921) • Francis Schmidt (1922–1928) • Fred Thomsen (1929–1941) • George Cole (1942) • John Tomlin (1943) • Glen Rose (1944–1945) • John Barnhill (1946–1949) • Otis Douglas (1950–1952) • Bowden Wyatt (1953–1954) • Jack Mitchell (1955–1957) • Frank Broyles (1958–1976) • Lou Holtz (1977–1983) • Ken Hatfield (1984–1989) • Jack Crowe (1990–1992) • Joe Kines # (1992) • Danny Ford (1993–1997) • Houston Nutt (1998–2007) • Reggie Herring # (2007) • Bobby Petrino (2008– )
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