Haughton was born on July 11, 1876. Haughton attended
Groton School, graduating in 1895, and then went on to
Harvard College, graduating in 1899. Haughton and his wife owned
Gould Island in Rhode Island where Haughton trained the Harvard football team. Apocryphal tales assert that before the 1908
Harvard–Yale Game, Haughton strangled a bulldog in the locker room to motivate his players. He bought the
Boston Braves with
Arthur Chamberlin Wise in 1916. Haughton served as club president until the team was purchased by
George Washington Grant in 1919. Haughton served as the head coach of
Camp Devens football team in 1917. In 1918 he was commissioned as a major in the
United States Army's
Chemical Warfare Service. After Haughton's military service ended, he announced he would not return to Harvard, instead focusing on his work with
White Weld & Co. Haughton became Columbia's football coach in spring 1923 as the school re-established a team that had been dissolved in 1905 following allegations that football had become too violent. To alleviate concerns that the game was still too violent, Haughton promised to instil discipline in his players, saying: "It will be my purpose to teach the men what they should learn in order to better prepare for life after the university. If I can do that, if I can contribute toward qualifying them for the finest type of citizenship, I will be satisfied." Haughton died at age 48 on October 27, 1924, after becoming ill on the Columbia football field. The cause of death was classified as acute indigestion. ==Head coaching record==