Bud Daugherty

Richard R. "Bud" Daugherty (April 15, 1890 – September 12, 1937) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Jamestown College—now known as the University of Jamestown—in Jamestown, North Dakota from 1916 to 1917, Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota from 1919 to 1926, and Albion College in Albion, Michigan from 1927 to 1935, compiling a career college football coaching record of 80–50–8. Daugherty was also the head basketball coach at Dakota Wesleyan from 1918 to 1927 and Albion from 1927 to 1937, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 149–114.[1]

Bud Daugherty
Biographical details
Born(1890-04-15)April 15, 1890
Wayzata, Minnesota
DiedSeptember 12, 1937(1937-09-12) (aged 47)
Los Angeles, California
Alma materUniversity of St. Thomas (1913)
Playing career
Football
1912–1914St. Thomas (MN)
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1916–1917Jamestown
1919–1926Dakota Wesleyan
1927–1935Albion
Basketball
1918–1927Dakota Wesleyan
1927–1936Albion
Baseball
1919Dakota Wesleyan
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1927–1936Albion
Head coaching record
Overall80–50–8 (football)
149–114 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
5 SDIC (1919, 1921–1923, 1923)
1 MIAA (1928)

Basketball
2 SDIC (1919–1920)
2 MIAA (1929, 1936)

In 1928, Daugherty led the Albion football team to a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) championship with an undefeated 8–0 record. The team went 0–6–2 in 1935. In January 1936, Daugherty announced his resignation as the school's football coach following criticism from alumni over the team's lack of success.[2] Daugherty was also Albion's athletic director and coached the baseball, basketball,[3] and track teams. His Albion teams won one MIAA championship in baseball and four in track.[2]

Daugherty was in born in Wayzata, Minnesota and played college football from 1912 to 1914 as a halfback at the College of St. Thomas—now known as the University of St. Thomas—in Minnesota.[4]

Daugherty later became the business manager for movie star Mae West. He died in 1937 at his home in Los Angeles.[5]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Jamestown Jimmies (Independent) (1916–1917)
1916 Jamestown 6–0
1917 Jamestown 3–1
Jamestown: 9–1
Dakota Wesleyan Tigers (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1919–1926)
1919 Dakota Wesleyan 6–21st
1920 Dakota Wesleyan 4–33–12nd
1921 Dakota Wesleyan 6–23–01st
1922 Dakota Wesleyan 5–24–01st
1923 Dakota Wesleyan 4–2–14–0–1T–1st
1924 Dakota Wesleyan 4–43–15th
1925 Dakota Wesleyan 3–4–11–2–18th
1926 Dakota Wesleyan 6–15–01st
Dakota Wesleyan: 38–20–2
Albion Britons (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1927–1935)
1927 Albion 5–34–12nd
1928 Albion 8–05–01st
1929 Albion 5–34–12nd
1930 Albion 4–43–2T–3rd
1931 Albion 3–41–3T–5th
1932 Albion 4–2–12–1–12nd
1933 Albion 1–3–20–2–2T–4th
1934 Albion 3–4–11–2–1T–4th
1935 Albion 0–6–20–3–15th
Albion: 33–29–620–15–5
Total:80–50–8
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. NCAA Official Guide. 1920. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  2. "Albion Coach Resigns to Please Alumni Critics". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 3, 1936.
  3. "Basketball Records". gobrits.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  4. "Bud Dougherty, Noted St. Thomas Gridder, Is Dead". The Minneapolis Star. Minneapolis, Minnesota. September 13, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved April 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
  5. "'Bud' Daugherty, Ex-Albion Coach, Dies". The Evening Chronicle. September 13, 1937. p. 2.
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