James Newton Ashmore (November 11, 1878 – April 26, 1944) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. 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).
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 11, 1878 Richview, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 26, 1944 (aged 65) Danville, Illinois, U.S. |
| 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) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 IIAC (1911) | |
Coaching career
editAshmore was the eighth head coach for the Washington State Cougars football team and held the position for the 1903 season.[1] His coaching record at Washington State was 3–3–2.[2]
Ashmore was the head coach at Western Maryland for the 1907 and 1908 seasons. While there, he compiled a 9–8–3 record.[3]
Late life and death
editAshmore 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.[4]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Agricultural (Independent) (1903) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Washington Agricultural | 3–3–2 | |||||||
| Washington Agricultural: | 3–3–2 | ||||||||
| Millikin Big Blue (Independent) (1904–1906) | |||||||||
| 1904 | Millikin | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1905 | Millikin | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1906 | Millikin | 5–2 | |||||||
| Western Maryland Green Terror (Independent) (1907–1908) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Western Maryland | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1908 | Western Maryland | 5–4–2 | |||||||
| Western Maryland: | 9–8–3 | ||||||||
| Millikin Big Blue (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1909–1913) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Millikin | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1910 | Millikin | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1911 | Millikin | 7–2 | 1st | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
Basketball
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit- ^ 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. 42–43, 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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