Raymond Leamore Quigley (May 20, 1885 – March 9, 1958) was an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

player, track athlete, coach in multiple sports, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Northern Normal and Industrial School in

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

—now known as

Northern State University Northern State University (NSU) is a public university in Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. NSU is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents and offers 45 bachelor's degrees, 53 minors, six associate degrees, 16 pre-professional prog ...

—from 1910 to 1911 and at the

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...

for one season in 1912, compiling a career

college football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ...

coaching record of 10–7. Quigley was also the head basketball coach at Arizona for two seasons, from 1912 to 1914, tallying a mark of 10–4, and the head baseball coach at the school for one season in 1913. Quigley served as the playground superintendent for the city of

Fresno, California Fresno (; ) is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County, California, Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley (California), Central Valley region. It covers a ...

from 1914 until his retirement in 1953.

Playing career

Quigley attended the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

, where he played football and ran track under coach

Amos Alonzo Stagg Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16, 1862 – March 17, 1965) was an American athlete and college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football. He served as the head football coach at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfie ...

. He was the captain of the

Chicago Maroons football The Chicago Maroons football team represents the University of Chicago in college football. The Maroons, which play in NCAA Division III, have been a football-only member of the Midwest Conference since 2017. The University of Chicago was a foun ...

team in 1908.

Coaching career

Quigley was the head football coach at Northern Normal and Industrial School, now known as

, in

Aberdeen, South Dakota Aberdeen () is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 28,495. making it the third-most populous city in the state. Aberdeen is home of Northern State University. ...

for two seasons, 1910 and 1911, where he compiled a record of 8–6. He was also the school's

athletic director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches a ...

during that time.

Head coaching record

Football

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quigley, Raymond L. 1885 births 1958 deaths Arizona Wildcats athletic directors Arizona Wildcats baseball coaches Arizona Wildcats football coaches Arizona Wildcats men's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from Illinois Chicago Maroons football players Chicago Maroons men's track and field athletes Northern State Wolves athletic directors Northern State Wolves men's basketball coaches Northern State Wolves football coaches College track and field coaches in the United States Chicago Maroons wrestlers Sportspeople from Fresno, California People from Princeton, Illinois