Mouse Davis Autographs
Darrel "Mouse" Davis (born September 6, 1932) is a retired American football coach and former player. A veteran coach at the high school, college, and professional levels, he last coached with Jerry Glanville at Portland State University and with June Jones at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Davis served as the head football coach at Portland State from 1975 to 1980, compiling a record of 42–24. He has also been a head coach with the Denver Gold of the United States Football League (1985), the New York/New Jersey Knights of the World League of American Football (1991–1992), and the Detroit Fury of the Arena Football League (2001–2002) and the San Diego Riptide (2003) of the AF2. A native of Washington, Davis grew up in Oregon, where he started his coaching career as a high school football coach. Davis is now widely regarded as the 'godfather' of the run and shoot offense.
Davis was born in Eastern Washington in Palouse on September 6, 1932. His family later moved to neighboring Oregon and Davis lists Independence, Oregon, as his hometown. Mouse gained his nickname from older brother Don while a freshman shortstop on the Central High School team in neighboring Monmouth, Oregon. Despite his 4 ft 11.5 in (1.511 m) stature at the time, Mouse already excelled at sports. In 1955, he graduated from the Oregon College of Education (now Western Oregon University) in neighboring Monmouth. There he played quarterback and halfback on three straight championship teams from 1952–54 under Coach Bill McArthur. Davis also played basketball and baseball at the college.
Davis helped make the run and shoot offense famous as a coach, revolutionizing football in the 1960s and 1970s. In developing his run and shoot offense, Davis espoused the theories of Glenn "Tiger" Ellison, football coach at Middletown High School in Ohio, who wrote the book Run & Shoot Football: Offense of the Future. Davis utilized the offense in a coaching career that included 15 years at the high school level in Oregon, at the college level, and professionally in the NFL, CFL, USFL, WLAF, and Arena League.
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Traded items with a signature of Mouse Davis
The most expensive item with a signature of Mouse Davis (Rare Vintage Detroit Fury AFL Replica Mini Helmet Mouse Davis Autograph Bike) was sold in August 2025 for $49.00 while the cheapest item (Mouse Davis signed 3x5 card) found a new owner for $0.49 in January 2011. The month with the most items sold (2) was August 2011 with an average selling price of $4.50 for an autographed item of Mouse Davis. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $49.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.49 was January 2011. In average, an autographed item from Mouse Davis is worth $7.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Mouse Davis were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | New York Jersey Knight MOUSE DAVIS auto autograph signed 1991 Pro Set WLAF card | $1.99 |  |
| (4) LOT WFL SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED CARDS 1991 PRO SET CHAN GAILEY MOUSE DAVIS | $0.99 | |
| 1991 -Mouse Davis- Pro Set Autograph/Signed/Auto Football Card #18 Lions | $7.49 | |
| 1991 NFL Pro Set MOUSE DAVIS Signed Card Lambeau Field NEW YORK KNIGHTS | $4.99 | |
 | 1991 Pro Set - WLAF Inserts Mouse Davis #18 (RC) SIGNED Football Card | $11.48 | |
 | 1991 Pro Set World League insert #18 Mouse Davis IP autograph signed card | $7.44 | |
| MOUSE DAVIS AUTOGRAPHED NEW YORK NEW JERSEY KNIGHTS | $9.99 | |
| MOUSE DAVIS Autographed Pro Set World League Card--New York-New Jersey Knights | $0.99 | |
| MOUSE DAVIS NCAA Portland State Vikings Auto Autographed Signed 3x5 Index Card | $0.99 | |
| Mouse Davis New York Jersey Knights AUTO Signed 1991 Pro Set #110 3O | $7.88 | |
| Mouse Davis New York Jersey Knights AUTO Signed 1991 Pro Set #110 3O | $7.89 | |
| Mouse Davis New York Jersey Knights AUTO Signed 1991 Pro Set #110 3O | $7.96 | |
| Mouse Davis New York Jersey Knights AUTO Signed 1991 Pro Set Western Oregon 3O | $8.00 | |
| MOUSE DAVIS SIGNED NEW YORK NEW JERSEY KNIGHTS CARD | $7.00 | |
| Rare Vintage Detroit Fury AFL Replica Mini Helmet Mouse Davis Autograph Bike | $49.00 | |
