Morley Jennings

Morley Jennings

Biographical details
Born	(1890-01-23)January 23, 1890 Holland, Michigan, U.S.
Died	May 13, 1985(1985-05-13) (aged 95) Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1910–1911	Mississippi State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1912–1925	Ouachita Baptist
1926–1940	Baylor
Baseball
1929–1938	Baylor
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1941–1951	Texas Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	153–77–18 (football) 120–79 (baseball)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1973 (profile)
Baseball career
Second baseman
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 8, 1913, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
September 9, 1913, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Batting average	.000
At bats	3
Hits	0
Teams
Washington Senators (1913)

William Morley "Jopsey" Jennings (January 23, 1890 – May 13, 1985) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

Biography

Jennings attended college at Mississippi State University in Starkville, at which he participated in baseball, basketball, football, and track. Jennings served from 1912 to 1925 as the head football coach at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and then at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, from 1926 to 1940. He compiled a career college football record of 153–77–18. He was also the head baseball coach at Baylor from 1928 to 1939, where he tallied a mark of 120–79. From 1941 to 1951, Jennings served as the athletic director at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.

Jennings was also a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played in two games for the Washington Senators in 1913, going 0-for-3.

Jennings and his wife, Elizabeth, had one son, Richard Autrey Jennings (1917–2019), who was born while the couple lived in Arkadelphia. In 1942, Richard Jennings obtained his Juris Doctor from George Washington Law School in Washington, D.C., where he worked on Capitol Hill for Texas U.S. Senator Tom Connally and operated an elevator in the Capitol. He subsequently practiced law in Lubbock for seventy-six years before moving to Corinth in Denton County, Texas, in his later years.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Independent) (1912–1925)
1912	Ouachita Baptist	2–2–1
1913	Ouachita Baptist	3–2–3
1914	Ouachita Baptist	8–0–1
1915	Ouachita Baptist	7–1
1916	Ouachita Baptist	4–2
1917	Ouachita Baptist	4–0
1918	Ouachita Baptist	2–1
1919	Ouachita Baptist	4–1–1
1920	Ouachita Baptist	6–1–1
1921	Ouachita Baptist	5–3
1922	Ouachita Baptist	6–1–1
1923	Ouachita Baptist	4–3–1
1924	Ouachita Baptist	8–0–1
1925	Ouachita Baptist	7–0–2
Ouachita Baptist:		70–17–12
Baylor Bears (Southwest Conference) (1926–1940)
1926	Baylor	6–3–1	3–1–1	2nd
1927	Baylor	2–7	0–5	7th
1928	Baylor	8–2	3–2	T–3rd
1929	Baylor	7–3–1	2–2–1	3rd
1930	Baylor	6–3–1	3–1–1	2nd
1931	Baylor	3–6	1–5	6th
1932	Baylor	3–5–1	1–3–1	5th
1933	Baylor	6–4	4–2	T–2nd
1934	Baylor	3–7	1–5	7th
1935	Baylor	8–3	3–3	T–3rd
1936	Baylor	6–3–1	3–2–1	T–3rd
1937	Baylor	7–3	3–3	4th
1938	Baylor	7–2–1	3–2–1	3rd
1939	Baylor	7–3	4–2	T–2nd
1940	Baylor	4–6	0–6	7th
Baylor:		83–60–6	33–44–6
Total:		153–77–18

External links

• Morley Jennings at the College Football Hall of Fame

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)