John Alexander Hull Keith (November 28, 1869 – February 22, 1931) was an American educator as well as an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

and

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois State Normal School—now known as

Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895, by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as part of an expansion of the state's system ...

–from 1899 to 1903 and at Illinois State Normal University—now known as

Illinois State University Illinois State University (ISU) is a public university in Normal, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University, it is the oldest public university in Illinois. The university emphasizes teaching and is recognized as one of th ...

—in 1907, compiling a career college football record of 25–7–7. Keith was also the head basketball coach at Northern Illinois from 1900 to 1902 and again in 1904–05, tallying a mark of 13–7 in three seasons. He also taught at the school as a professor of

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

and as an assistant professor of

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

. Keith died as his home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1931.

Head coaching record

Football

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Keith, John A. H. 1869 births 1931 deaths 19th-century players of American football American football quarterbacks Basketball coaches from Illinois Illinois State Redbirds football coaches Northern Illinois Huskies football coaches Northern Illinois Huskies football players Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball coaches Northern Illinois University faculty Harvard College alumni Illinois State University alumni People from Homer, Illinois