James N. Ashmore

James N. Ashmore

Biographical details
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
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)

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).

Coaching career

Ashmore 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

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. ^[4]

Head coaching record

Football

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

Statistics overview

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

1. Miami Herald Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Washington State University all-time football records
2. Washington State Cougars coaching records Archived November 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
3. Year-by-Year Results Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), 2005 McDaniel College Media Guide, p. 42–43, McDaniel College, 2005.
4. "J. N. Ashmore, Assessor, Dies". Herald & Review . Decatur, Illinois. April 28, 1944. p. 3. Retrieved August 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com .

External links

• James N. Ashmore at Find a Grave