Alexander Durley

This article is about the college football coach. For the high school football coach, see Alexander Durley (high school coach).

Alexander Durley

Biographical details
Born	(1912-12-18)December 18, 1912 Texas, U.S.
Died	July 18, 1980(1980-07-18) (aged 67) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1931–1935	Texas College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1942–1948	Texas College
1949–1964	Texas State / Texas Southern
1969–1970	Prairie View A&M
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1949–1964	Texas State / Texas Southern
1969–1971	Prairie View A&M
Head coaching record
Overall	154–80–15
Bowls	1–4–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 SWAC (1942, 1944, 1956) 1 Midwest Athletic Association (1952)

Alexander Durley (December 18, 1912 – July 18, 1980) was an American college football coach, college athletics administrator, and mathematics professor. He served as the head football coach at Texas College from 1942 to 1948, at Texas Southern University from 1949 to 1964, and at Prairie View A&M University from 1969 to 1970. He was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 1992.

Career

Durley was the head football coach at Texas College from 1942 to 1948, compiling a record of 45–15–6.^[1] From 1949 to 1964, Durley was head football coach and director of athletics at Texas Southern University. His coaching record there was 101–55–8. In their second year in the Midwest Athletic Association, Texas Southern went undefeated; in 1952 they beat Prairie View A&M in the Prairie View Bowl to win the black college football national championship;^[2][3] in their first season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, 1958–1959, they shared the league championship with Wiley College.^[2][4] He was also a mathematics professor at TSU.^[4]

Durley was also the tenth head football coach at Prairie View A&M University for two seasons, from 1969 to 1970. His coaching record at Prairie View was 8–10–1.^[5][6]

Death and honors

Durley died on July 18, 1980, in Houston, Texas. He was survived by his wife, Wilma, and two daughters.^[7]

In 1992 Durley was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame.^[2][8] The Alexander Durley Sports Complex at TSU is named for him.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Texas College Steers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1942–1948)
1942	Texas College	7–1	4–0	1st
1943	Texas College	5–1–1
1944	Texas College	8–1	5–1	T–1st
1945	Texas College	7–3–1	3–2–1	3rd	L Vulcan
1946	Texas College	5–4–1	3–3	T–4th
1947	Texas College	5–2–3	3–1–1	3rd
1948	Texas College	8–3	5–2	T–2nd
Texas College:		45–15–6
Texas State / Texas Southern Tigers (Independent) (1949–1951)
1949	Texas State	3–6–1
1950	Texas State	5–5–1
1951	Texas Southern	7–2–1
Texas Southern Tigers (Midwest Athletic Association) (1952–1954)
1952	Texas Southern	10–0–1	2–0–1	T–1st	W Prairie View
1953	Texas Southern	7–3	2–1	T–3rd	L Prairie View
1954	Texas Southern	5–4–2	2–1–1	3rd	L Prairie View
Texas Southern Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1955–1964)
1955	Texas Southern	7–2–1	5–1–1	T–2nd
1956	Texas Southern	9–2	5–1	T–1st	L Prairie View
1957	Texas Southern	7–3–1	4–2	T–2nd	T Prairie View
1958	Texas Southern	5–5	2–3	T–4th
1959	Texas Southern	7–3	5–2	3rd
1960	Texas Southern	4–6	2–5	6th
1961	Texas Southern	6–3	5–2	T–2nd
1962	Texas Southern	7–3	5–2	2nd
1963	Texas Southern	7–3	5–2	T–2nd
1964	Texas Southern	5–5	3–4	T–4th
Texas State / Texas Southern:		101–55–8	37–26–3
Prairie View A&M Panthers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1969–1970)
1969	Prairie View A&M	4–5	3–4	5th
1970	Prairie View A&M	4–5–1	2–3–1	T–4th
Prairie View A&M:		8–10–1	5–7–1
Total:		154–80–15
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "Durley Making Coaching Comeback at Prairie View". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. August 9, 1969. p. 14. Retrieved November 2, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
2. "Nineteen Inducted into SWAC Hall of Fame". Winston-Salem Chronicle Black College Sports Review. June 18, 1992. p. 12.
3. Lloyd C. A. Wells (November 19, 1992). "The Judge Says". San Antonio Register. p. 2.
4. Honor Warren Wells (July 15, 2009). "A Tale of Texas Tigers: A Tribute to Alexander Durley". The Torch – via Bleacher Report.com.
5. "Prairie View A&M University coaching records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009.
6. "Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University Directory". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
7. "Alexander Durley Rites Planned". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Tyler, Texas. July 22, 1980. p. 12. Retrieved December 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
8. "Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame Classes". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.