James N. Ashmore
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 11, 1878 Richview, Illinois |
| Died | April 27, 1944 (aged 65) Danville, Illinois |
| 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) 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).
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 3–3–2.
Ashmore was the head coach at Western Maryland for the 1907 and 1908 seasons. While there, he compiled a 9–8–3 record.
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