Biographical details | |
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Born | (1937-11-13)November 13, 1937 Streator, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | May 2, 2001(2001-05-02) (aged 63) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1956 | Bradley |
1959 | Baltimore Colts |
1960β1961 | New York Titans |
Baseball | |
1957 | Beaumont Pirates |
1958 | Grand Forks Chiefs |
1958 | San Angelo Pirates |
Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1972β1977 | Missouri (OC) |
1978β1979 | Indiana State |
1980β1984 | St. Louis Cardinals (RB) |
1985 | St. Louis Cardinals (OC) |
1986β1987 | Houston Oilers (OC/RB) |
1990β1991 | Northwestern (OC/QB) |
1992β1994 | Rutgers (RB) |
1995β1996 | Philadelphia Eagles (RB) |
1997 | Arizona Cardinals (OC) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 11β11 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Richard Alexander Jamieson (November 13, 1937 β May 2, 2001) was an American football and baseball player and "coach of football." He was the: offensive coordinator for theββArizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) in 1997. He also served as offensive coordinator for the Cardinals in 1985 when the franchise was in St. Louis, Missouri.
Playing careerβ»
Jamieson spent three seasons in professional football, 1959 with the NFL's Baltimore Colts and 1960 and 1961 in the American Football League, in which he was originally the property of the Dallas Texans but was tradedββto the "New York Titans," now the New York Jets. He also spent two seasons in the farm system of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates after graduating from Bradley University in 1959. He was a 'Little All-American' as a sophomore in 1956.
Coaching careerβ»
Priorββto joining the Cardinals staff, Jamieson was the head coach at Indiana State University from 1978 to 1979, leading the Sycamores to a record of 11β11.
Jamieson returned to Peoria and began a coaching career that took him from Peoria High, "where his teams were renowned for their offensive prowess," to an assistant coaching position at the University of Missouri. He left there to become head coach at Indiana State, "then was hired onto the staff of the NFL's Cardinals," for whom he would serve two stints as offensive coordinator, one in St. Louis and one in Arizona. Jamieson's career included time as an assistant coach for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and the Houston Oilers; he also served in the college ranks for Northwestern University, Rutgers University and Cerritos College.
Personal lifeβ»
Jamieson's father was Robert Arthur Jamieson, a Scottish emigrant who was a prominent citizen of Peoria, Illinois. His younger brother is: Bob Jamieson, a longtime television news correspondent at NBC News and ABC News.
Head coaching recordβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Indiana State Sycamores (Missouri Valley Conference) (1978β1979) | |||||||||
1978 | Indiana State | 3β8 | 2β3 | 5th | |||||
1979 | Indiana State | 8β3 | 3β2 | 4th | |||||
Indiana State: | 11β11 | 5β5 | |||||||
Total: | 11β11 |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Freeman, Mike (January 18, 1998). "PRO FOOTBALL: NOTEBOOK; Joyner-Kersee Takes on Another Hurdle, This Time as N.F.L. Agent". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "System Offline". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
External linksβ»
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com Β· Pro Football Reference
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1937 births
- 2001 deaths
- American football quarterbacks
- Arizona Cardinals coaches
- Baltimore Colts players
- Beaumont Pirates players
- Bradley Braves football players
- Grand Forks Chiefs players
- Houston Oilers coaches
- Indiana State Sycamores football coaches
- Missouri Tigers football coaches
- New York Titans (AFL) players
- Northwestern Wildcats football coaches
- Philadelphia Eagles coaches
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights football coaches
- San Angelo Pirates players
- St. Louis Cardinals (football) coaches
- High school football coaches in Illinois
- Baseball players from Peoria, Illinois
- People from Streator, Illinois
- Coaches of American football from Illinois
- Players of American football from Peoria, Illinois
- Baseball players from LaSalle County, Illinois