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Jim Sweeney (other)
Jim Sweeney may refer to: Sports *Jim Sweeney (American football, born 1929) (1929–2013), American college football coach *Jim Sweeney (American football, born 1962) (1962–2022), American professional football player and assistant coach *Jim Sweeney (basketball), American basketball player Others *Jim Sweeney (actor) (born 1956), Scottish actor *Jim Sweeney (comedian) (born 1955), English actor and comedian See also *Jimmy Sweeney (1922–1992), American singer *Jimmy Sweeney, Irish musician, based in Canada, and member of Barley Bree *James Sweeney (other) {{hndis, Sweeney, Jim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sweeney (American Football, Born 1929)
James Joseph Sweeney (September 1, 1929 – February 8, 2013) was an American football player and coach, the head coach at Montana State University (1963–1967), Washington State University (1968–1975), and California State University, Fresno (1976–1977, 1980–1996), compiling a career college football record of Sweeney's 144 wins at Fresno State are the most in the program's history. Early years Born in Butte, Montana, Sweeney was the youngest of seven children of Will and Kate Sweeney; his father was a hard-rock miner who emigrated from Ireland. As a youth in Butte, he was a top pitcher and outfielder in baseball, and graduated from Butte Central Catholic High School in 1947. Sweeney played college football as an end at the University of Portland in Oregon, and graduated in 1951. After his junior year, the school dropped football as an intercollegiate sport, and Sweeney spent his senior season of 1950 as a high school coach at Columbia High School in Portland. Coaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |