James N. Ashmore
Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Richview, Illinois | November 11, 1878
Died |
April 27, 1944 65) Danville, Illinois | (aged
Playing career | |
Baseball | |
1902–1903 | Illinois |
Position(s) | First baseman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1903 | Washington Agricultural |
1904–1906 | Millikin |
1907–1908 | Western Maryland |
1909–1913 | Millikin |
1919–1921 | Iowa (assistant) |
1922–1924 | DePauw |
Basketball | |
1904–1905 | Washington Agricultural |
1905–1907 | Millikin |
1909–1914 | Millikin |
1914–1917 | Colorado |
1920–1922 | Iowa |
1923–1924 | DePauw |
1926–1931 | North Carolina |
Baseball | |
1904 | Washington Agricultural |
1905–1906 | Millikin |
1910–1914 | Millikin |
1915–1917 | Colorado |
1920–1922 | Iowa |
1923–1924 | DePauw |
1927–1931 | North Carolina |
1940 | Millikin |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
61–46–9 (football) 178–117 (basketball) 170–99–6 (baseball, excluding Colorado) |
James Newton Ashmore (November 11, 1878 – April 27, 1944)[1][2] was an American football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science—now known as Washington State University—(1903), Millikin University (1904–1906, 1909–1913), Western Maryland College—now known as McDaniel College–(1907–1908), and DePauw University (1922–1924), compiling a career college football record of 61–46–9. Ashmore was also the head basketball coach at Washington Agricultural (1904–1905), Millikin (1905–1907, 1909–1914), the University of Colorado at Boulder (1914–1917), the University of Iowa (1920–1922), DePauw (1923–1924) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1926–1931), tallying a career college basketball mark of 178–117. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Washington Agricultural (1904), Millikin (1905–1906, 1910–1914, 1940), Colorado, (1915–1917), Iowa (1920–1922), DePauw (1923–1924) and North Carolina (1927–1931).
Coaching career
Ashmore was the eighth head coach for the Washington State Cougars football team and held the position for the 1903 season.[3][4] His coaching record at Washington State was 3–3–2.[5]
Ashmore was the head coach at Western Maryland for the 1907 and 1908 seasons. While there, he compiled a 9–8–3 record.[6]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Washington Agricultural (Independent) (1903) | |||||||||
1903 | Washington Agricultural | 3–3–2 | |||||||
Washington Agricultural: | 3–3–2 | ||||||||
Millikin Big Blue () (1904–1906) | |||||||||
1904 | Millikin | 5–3 | |||||||
1905 | Millikin | 7–2 | |||||||
1906 | Millikin | 5–2 | |||||||
Western Maryland Green Terror () (1907–1908) | |||||||||
1907 | Western Maryland | 4–4–1 | |||||||
1908 | Western Maryland | 5–4–2 | |||||||
Western Maryland: | 9–8–3 | ||||||||
Millikin Big Blue () (1909–1913) | |||||||||
1909 | Millikin | 5–2–1 | |||||||
1910 | Millikin | 4–4 | |||||||
1911 | Millikin | 7–2 | |||||||
1912 | Millikin | 3–5 | |||||||
1913 | Millikin | 4–3 | |||||||
Millikin: | 40–23–1 | ||||||||
DePauw Tigers (Independent) (1922–1924) | |||||||||
1922 | DePauw | 4–3–2 | |||||||
1923 | DePauw | 4–2–1 | |||||||
1924 | DePauw | 1–7 | |||||||
DePauw: | 9–12–3 | ||||||||
Total: | 61–46–9 |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1926–1931) | |||||||||
1926–27 | North Carolina | 17–7 | 7–3 | 8th | |||||
1927–28 | North Carolina | 17–2 | 8–1 | T–3rd | |||||
1928–29 | North Carolina | 17–8 | 12–2 | 2nd | |||||
1929–30 | North Carolina | 14–11 | 4–7 | 6th | |||||
1930–31 | North Carolina | 15–9 | 6–6 | T–9th | |||||
North Carolina: | 80–37 | 37–19 | |||||||
Total: | 80–37 |
References
- ↑ "Person Details for James N. Ashmore, ;Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947;". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ↑ "James N. Ashmore". The New York Times. April 28, 1944. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
- ↑ College Football Reference Washington State University Football Records
- ↑ Miami Herald Washington State University all-time football records
- ↑ Washington State Cougars coaching records
- ↑ Year-by-Year Results (PDF), 2005 McDaniel College Media Guide, p. 42–43, McDaniel College, 2005.
External links
- James N. Ashmore at the College Football Data Warehouse
- James N. Ashmore as College Basketball at Sports Reference.com