Jerry Huntsman

Jerry Huntsman
James O. “JerryHuntsman
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born November 29, 1929(1929-11-29)
Place of birth Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Died April 5, 2005(2005-04-05)
Place of death Niceville, Florida
Playing career
19481952 Wabash
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1954
1955
19561958
19591960
19611964
1965
19661972
Waveland (IN) HS (asst)
Covington (IN) HS (asst)
Crawfordsville (IN) HS
Huntington (IN) HS
Earlham
Indiana State (Backs)
Indiana State
Head coaching record
Overall 72271 (college)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
1968 NCAA District #2 Coach of the Year
1966 NCAA District #1 Coach of the Year
1966 Indiana Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year
1963 NAIA District Coach of the Year

JamesJerryHuntsman (born 1929) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Earlham College (19611964), and Indiana State University (19661972), compiling a career college football record of 72271.

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Playing career

Huntsman played football as a quarterback at Wabash College from 1948 through 1951, where he was selectedAll-Statein his senior season. He was also awarded with the Robert E. Vaughan Award as the college's outstanding athlete following his senior year. During his U.S. Army stint; Huntsman was named to the 'All-Army' Track & Field team as a javelin thrower.

Coaching career

Huntsman began his coaching career in 1954 at Waveland High School Waveland, Indiana and then moved on to Covington High School in Covington, Indiana for the 1955 season. From 1956-58, he was the head coach for the Crawfordsville High Artesians Crawfordsville, Indiana. building a record of 14122; his next stop was at Huntington High School Huntington, Indiana; his Vikings didn't lose a game during his 2 seasons; tallying a mark of 1901.

Following the 1960 school year, he moved to Earlham College and spent four highly successful seasons as the Head Coaching job. In 1965, he accepted an assistant coaching position at rapidly growing Indiana State University with the understanding that he would be named the head coach for the 1966 season.

College career

Huntsman's Quakers lost one game during his four year tenure; racking up a record of 293 and building a national reputation for defense (in 1961, his Quakers had a nationally ranked defense - 3rd in the nation. He left his hometown of Richmond, Indiana (home of Earlham College) with a career coaching record of 62153.

In 1965, he arrived in Terre Haute as an offensive assistant (backs) and joined a staff, one season removed from an Indiana Collegiate Conference championship. His 1968 team, went 9-1, narrowly missing an invitation to the Grantland Rice Bowl. In 1973, when poor health forced him into an administrative position prematurely; he ranked 2nd in wins (43) and 1st in winning percentage (.632) at Indiana State; he is currently 3rd in wins but maintains his position as the winningest coach in 100+ seasons of Sycamore football. He also holds a 5-2 record in Homecoming games. He retired as the Associate Athletics Director in 1982; assisting the promotion of the Indiana State athletic department from Division II to Division I and helping secure admission to the Missouri Valley Conference.

Family

Huntsman is the son of former Earlham College and Wabash College head coach Owen Huntsman; himself a highly successful football coach. Huntsman's brother, Stan, was a very successful track and field coach at Ohio University.

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Earlham College Quakers (Independent) (19611964)
1961 Earlham 71 none n/a Defense ranked 3rd in NAIA
1962 Earlham 80 none n/a
1963 Earlham 71 none n/a
1964 Earlham 71 none n/a
Earlham: 291 n/a
Indiana State Sycamores (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (19661972)
1966 Indiana State 62 42 T2th
1967 Indiana State 64 42 T3rd
1968 Indiana State 91 independent n/a
1969 Indiana State 631 independent n/a
1970 Indiana State 55 independent n/a
1971 Indiana State 46 independent n/a
1972 Indiana State 73 independent n/a
Indiana State: 43241 84
Total: 72271

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