James Newton Ashmore (November 11, 1878 – April 26, 1944) was an

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and

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coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science—now known as

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—(1903),

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(1904–1906, 1909–1913), Western Maryland College—now known as

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–(1907–1908), and

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(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

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(1914–1917), the

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(1920–1922), DePauw (1923–1924) and the

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(1926–1931), tallying a career

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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. His coaching record at Washington State was 3–3–2.Washington State Cougars coaching records
Ashmore was the head coach at

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for the 1907 and 1908 seasons. While there, he compiled a 9–8–3 record.Year-by-Year Results
(PDF), ''2005 McDaniel College Media Guide'', p. 42–43, McDaniel College, 2005.

Late life and death

Ashmore was elected the township assessor of Decatur, Illinois as a

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. He died on April 26, 1944, at the Veteran's Hospital in

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, following a illness of ten weeks.

Head coaching record

Football

Basketball

References

External links

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