Ray B. McCandless
McCandless pictured in The Key 1924, Bowling Green yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 6, 1889 Broken Bow, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | January 8, 1931 (aged 41) York, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| ? | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919 | Chadron Normal |
| 1920–1922 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1923 | Bowling Green |
| 1924 | Bethany (WV) |
| 1928–1930 | York |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1923 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1923–1924 | Bowling Green State Normal |
| 1924–1925 | Bethany (WV) |
| Baseball | |
| 1924 | Bowling Green |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 29–37–10 (football) 60–43 (basketball) 2–2–2 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NIC (1921) | |
Raymond Beebe McCandless (October 6, 1889 – January 8, 1931) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Chadron State College in 1919, Nebraska Wesleyan University from 1920 to 1922, Bowling Green State Normal School—now known as Bowling Green State University—in 1923, Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia for the 1924 season, and York College in York, Nebraska from 1928 to 1930, compiling a career college football record of 29–37–10. McCandless was also the head basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan from 1920 to 1923, at Bowling Green State Normal during the 1923–24 season, and at Bethany for the 1924–25 season, amassing a career college basketball record of tallying a mark of 60–43. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Bowling Green State Normal in the spring of 1924, tallying a mark of 2–2–2. McCandless played football at Nebraska Wesleyan. He died on January 8, 1931, in York, Nebraska.