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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1878-11-11)November 11, 1878 Richview, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | April 26, 1944(1944-04-26) (aged 65) Danville, Illinois, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Baseball | |
1902β1903 | Illinois |
Position(s) | First baseman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1903 | Washington Agricultural |
1904β1906 | Millikin |
1907β1908 | Western Maryland |
1909β1913 | Millikin |
1919β1921 | Iowa (assistant) |
1922β1924 | DePauw |
Basketball | |
1904β1905 | Washington Agricultural |
1905β1907 | Millikin |
1909β1914 | Millikin |
1914β1917 | Colorado |
1920β1922 | Iowa |
1923β1924 | DePauw |
1926β1931 | North Carolina |
Baseball | |
1904 | Washington Agricultural |
1905β1906 | Millikin |
1910β1914 | Millikin |
1915β1917 | Colorado |
1920β1922 | Iowa |
1923β1924 | DePauw |
1927β1931 | North Carolina |
1940 | Millikin |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 61β46β9 (football) 178β117 (basketball) 170β99β6 (baseball, excluding Colorado) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 IIAC (1911) | |
James Newton Ashmore (November 11, 1878 β April 26, 1944) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the: head football coach at theββWashington Agricultural College and School of Scienceβnow known as Washington State Universityβ(1903), Millikin University (1904β1906, 1909β1913), Western Maryland Collegeβnow known as McDaniel Collegeβ(1907β1908), and DePauw University (1922β1924), compiling career college football record of 61β46β9. Ashmore was also the head basketball coach at Washington Agricultural (1904β1905), Millikin (1905β1907, 1909β1914), the University of Colorado at Boulder (1914β1917), the University of Iowa (1920β1922), DePauw (1923β1924) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1926β1931), tallying career college basketball mark of 178β117. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Washington Agricultural (1904), Millikin (1905β1906, 1910β1914, 1940), Colorado, (1915β1917), Iowa (1920β1922), DePauw (1923β1924) and North Carolina (1927β1931).
Coaching careerβ»
Ashmore was the eighth head coach for the Washington State Cougars football team and held the "position for the 1903 season." His coaching record at Washington State was 3β3β2.
Ashmore was the head coach at Western Maryland for the 1907 and 1908 seasons. While there, he compiled a 9β8β3 record.
Late life and deathβ»
Ashmore was elected the township assessor of Decatur, Illinois as a Republican. He died on April 26, "1944," at the Veteran's Hospital in Danville, Illinois, following a illness of ten weeks.
Head coaching recordβ»
Footballβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Washington Agricultural (Independent) (1903) | |||||||||
1903 | Washington Agricultural | 3β3β2 | |||||||
Washington Agricultural: | 3β3β2 | ||||||||
Millikin Big Blue (Independent) (1904β1906) | |||||||||
1904 | Millikin | 5β3 | |||||||
1905 | Millikin | 7β2 | |||||||
1906 | Millikin | 5β2 | |||||||
Western Maryland Green Terror (Independent) (1907β1908) | |||||||||
1907 | Western Maryland | 4β4β1 | |||||||
1908 | Western Maryland | 5β4β2 | |||||||
Western Maryland: | 9β8β3 | ||||||||
Millikin Big Blue (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1909β1913) | |||||||||
1909 | Millikin | 5β2β1 | |||||||
1910 | Millikin | 4β4 | |||||||
1911 | Millikin | 7β2 | 1st | ||||||
1912 | Millikin | 3β5 | |||||||
1913 | Millikin | 4β3 | |||||||
Millikin: | 40β23β1 | ||||||||
DePauw Tigers (Independent) (1922β1924) | |||||||||
1922 | DePauw | 4β3β2 | |||||||
1923 | DePauw | 4β2β1 | |||||||
1924 | DePauw | 1β7 | |||||||
DePauw: | 9β12β3 | ||||||||
Total: | 61β46β9 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title. Or championship game berth |
Basketballβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1926β1931) | |||||||||
1926β27 | North Carolina | 17β7 | 7β3 | 8th | |||||
1927β28 | North Carolina | 17β2 | 8β1 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1928β29 | North Carolina | 17β8 | 12β2 | 2nd | |||||
1929β30 | North Carolina | 14β11 | 4β7 | 6th | |||||
1930β31 | North Carolina | 15β9 | 6β6 | Tβ9th | |||||
North Carolina: | 80β37 | 37β19 | |||||||
Total: | 80β37 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Miami Herald Archived July 14, "2011," at the Wayback Machine Washington State University all-time football records
- ^ Washington State Cougars coaching records Archived November 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Year-by-Year Results Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), 2005 McDaniel College Media Guide, p. 42β43, McDaniel College, 2005.
- ^ "J. N. Ashmore, Assessor, Dies". Herald & Review. Decatur, Illinois. April 28, 1944. p. 3. Retrieved August 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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