Jim Aiken
circa 1947
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 26, 1899 Wheeling, West Virginia |
| Died | October 31, 1961 (aged 62) Medford, Oregon |
| Alma mater | Washington & Jefferson, 1922 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 191?–1921 | Washington & Jefferson |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1931 | Toledo Scott HS (OH) |
| 1932–1935 | Canton McKinley HS (OH) |
| 1936–1938 | Akron |
| 1939–1946 | Nevada |
| 1947–1950 | Oregon |
| Basketball | |
| 1944–1945 | Nevada |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1960–1961 | Roseburg HS (OR) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 78–53–5 (college football) 8–9 (college basketball) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NCAC (1939) 1 PCC (1948) |
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James Wilson Aiken (May 26, 1899 – October 31, 1961) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Akron (1936–1938), the University of Nevada, Reno (1939–1946), and the University of Oregon (1947–1950), compiling a career college football record of 78–53–5. Aiken was also the head basketball coach at Nevada for a season in 1944–45, tallying a mark of 8–9.
The son of a farmer, Aiken was born near Wheeling, West Virginia, and later moved to nearby Tiltonsville, Ohio. He attended Martins Ferry High School and was a standout athlete.
Following the First World War, Aiken enrolled at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, and earned four letters in football as an end for the Presidents. He was a senior on the 1921 team under head coach Greasy Neale which played California to a scoreless tie in the Rose Bowl.
After graduation from college in 1922, Aiken was a successful high school football coach in Pennsylvania and Ohio, notably at Scott in Toledo (1926–1931) and McKinley in Canton (1932–1935).
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