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Earl A. Davis
Biographical details
Born	c. 1890; Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1910	Transylvania
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1917–1922	Missouri Wesleyan
1923–1924	McKendree
1925	Centenary
1926	Northwest Missouri State (assistant)
1927–1936	Northwest Missouri State
Basketball
1923–1925	McKendree
Head coaching record
Overall	86–62–12 (football); 22–7 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	4 MIAA (1917, 1919, 1921, 1931)

Earl A. "Lefty" Davis (c. 1890 – ?) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Missouri Wesleyan College from 1917 to 1922, McKendree College—now known McKendree University from 1923 to 1924, Centenary College of Louisiana in 1925, and Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College—now known as Northwest Missouri State University from 1927 to 1936. Davis was also the head basketball coach at McKendree from 1923 to 1925, tallying a mark of 22–7.

Davis played football at Transylvania University.^[1]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Missouri Wesleyan Owls (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917–1922)
1917	Missouri Wesleyan	7–0–1	5–0–1	T–1st
1918	Missouri Wesleyan	3–1–1
1919	Missouri Wesleyan	10–0	8–0	1st
1920	Missouri Wesleyan	4–2–2	3–1–2	4th
1921	Missouri Wesleyan	7–1	6–1	T–1st
1922	Missouri Wesleyan	6–4	4–4	T–5th
Missouri Wesleyan:		37–8–3
McKendree Bearcats (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1923–1924)
1923	McKendree	1–5–1	0–4	T–22nd
1924	McKendree	4–4^{[n 1]}	4–2^{[n 1]}	T–5th^{[n 1]}
McKendree:		5–9–1	4–6
Centenary Gentlemen (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1925)
1925	Centenary	6–2	2–0	T–2nd
Centenary:		6–2	2–0
Northwest Missouri State Bearcats (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1927–1936)
1927	Northwest Missouri State	1–7	0–4	5th
1928	Northwest Missouri State	5–3–1	1–2–1	T–4th
1929	Northwest Missouri State	3–2–3	1–1–1	T–3rd
1930	Northwest Missouri State	4–5–1	3–1	2nd
1931	Northwest Missouri State	9–0	4–0	1st
1932	Northwest Missouri State	4–4–1	2–2	3rd
1933	Northwest Missouri State	1–8	1–3	4th
1934	Northwest Missouri State	4–5	2–2	3rd
1935	Northwest Missouri State	3–5–1	2–3	5th
1936	Northwest Missouri State	4–4–1	1–3–1	4th
Northwest Missouri State:		38–43–8	17–21–3
Total:		86–62–12
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ ^a ^b ^c McKendree finished the season 1924 season 5–2–1 overall and 5–0–1 in conference play, but forfeited a tie with Illinois College and a win over Eastern Illinois.

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