(Oct. 18, 1913 – Jun. 22, 2007) From 1949 through 1968, Paul Durham was both football coach and athletic director at Linfield College in McMinnville. In his 20 years as head man, the Wildcats won 122 games, lost 51, and tied 10. Durham directed Linfield to seven Northwest Conference Championships. And his team finished in second place six times.

In the national picture, Paul Durham twice finished second in the NAIA Championships and he directed one team to third in the nation. In 1968 he moved to the University of Hawaii where he was athletic director until 1975.
He was president of the NAIA National Football Coaches Association.

He was inducted into the NAIA Football Coaches Hall of Fame, and is a member of the prestigious Helms Athletic Hall of Fame.