Paul H. Durham (October 18, 1913 â June 22, 2007) was an American football and basketball coach as well as a college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon from 1948 to 1967, compiling a record of 121âÂÂ51âÂÂ10 . During his tenure, he began a string of consecutive winning seasons at Linfield that continues to this day. Durham was also Linfield's head men's basketball coach from 1949 to 1952, tallying a mark of 31âÂÂ48. He concluded his career as the athletic director at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
As a student at Linfield, Durham competed in basketball, football, and track and field.