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American football coach

Carl Pray
Biographical details
Born	(1870-03-30)March 30, 1870 Dimondale, Michigan, U.S.
Died	August 10, 1949(1949-08-10) (aged 79) Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1897–1899	Central Michigan
Baseball
1899–1900	Central Michigan

Head coaching record
Overall	6–5 (football) 3–4 (baseball)

Carl Esek Pray (March 30, 1870 – August 10, 1949) was the head coach of the Central Michigan college football program from 1897 to 1899. A graduate of Olivet College, he was a history instructor at the Milwaukee Normal School after leaving Central Michigan. He was also a professor of history at Michigan State Normal College for 23 years, from 1913 to 1936.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Central Michigan Normalites (Independent) (1897–1899)
1897	Central Michigan	2–1
1898	Central Michigan	1–2
1899	Central Michigan	3–2
Central Michigan:		6–5
Total:		6–5

"Prof C. E. Pray Resigns". The Daily Commonwealth. August 11, 1913. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Prominent State Educator Dies". Lansing State Journal. August 12, 1949. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Central Michigan Chippewas head football coaches
Pete McCormick (1896) Carl Pray (1897–1899) Unknown (1900) No team (1901) Charles Tambling (1902–1905) No team (1906) Ralph Thacker (1907) Hugh Sutherland (1908) Harry Helmer (1909–1912) No team (1913–1915) Blake Miller (1916) Fred Johnson (1917) Charles Tambling (1918) Garland Nevitt (1919) Joe Simmons (1920) Wallace Parker (1921–1923) Lester Barnard (1924–1925) Wallace Parker (1926–1928) Butch Nowack (1929–1930) George Van Bibber (1931–1933) Alex Yunevich (1934–1936) Ron Finch (1937–1946) Lyle Bennett (1947–1949) Warren Schmakel (1950) Kenneth Kelly (1951–1966) Roy Kramer (1967–1977) Herb Deromedi (1978–1993) Dick Flynn (1994–1999) Mike DeBord (2000–2003) Brian Kelly (2004–2006) Jeff Quinn # (2006) Butch Jones (2007–2009) Steve Stripling # (2009) Dan Enos (2010–2014) John Bonamego (2015–2018) Jim McElwain (2019–2024) Matt Drinkall (2025– ) # denotes interim head coach

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Central Michigan Chippewas head baseball coaches
Theron Burdick (1896) No team (1897–1898) Carl Pray (1899–1900) Charles Tambling (1901–1902) No team (1903) Charles Tambling (1904–1905) No team (1906) Charles Tambling (1907) No team (1908) Bruce Stickle (1909) Harry Helmer (1910–1917) No team (1917) Garland Nevitt (1918–1920) Joe Simmons (1921) Wallace Parker (1922–1924) Bourke Lodewych (1925–1932) No team (1933–1936) Alex Yunevich (1937) Dan Rose (1938–1942) Malcolm Filson (1943) No team (1944) L. M. Sweeney (1945) Dan Rose (1946–1952) Bill Theunissen (1953–1962) Waldo Sauter (1963–1970) Dave Keilitz (1971–1984) Dean Kreiner (1985–1998) Judd Folske (1999–2002) Steve Jaksa (2003–2018) Jordan Bischel (2019–2023) Jake Sabol (2024– )

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