- Jesse Hawley (American football)
-
Jesse Hawley 
Hawley at Dartmouth, c. 1908 Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born March 25, 1887 Place of birth St. Paul, Minnesota Died March 21, 1946 (aged 59) Place of death Orlando, Florida[1] Playing career 1907–1908 Dartmouth Position(s) Back Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1910–1915
1919
1920
1923–1928Iowa
Dartmouth (adviser)
Princeton (assistant)
DartmouthHead coaching record Overall 63–28–1 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 1 National (1925) Jesse Barnum Hawley (March 25, 1887 – March 21, 1946) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Iowa from 1910 to 1915 and at Dartmouth College from 1923 to 1928, compiling a career college football record of 63–28–1. Hawley was the tenth head coach in Iowa football history and led Dartmouth to a national championship in 1925.
Contents
Coaching career
Iowa
Hawley was hired by the University of Iowa as its tenth head football coach in 1910. Iowa had not won the conference title in a decade, and Hawkeye fans were hoping Hawley could turn Iowa's fortunes around. School officials also hired Nelson A. Kellogg in 1910 to be Iowa's athletic director. Supervision of intercollegiate athletics at Iowa had, since 1900, also been the responsibility of the head coach. Hawley, however, could focus solely on coaching the football team.
Hawley's Hawkeyes had a 5–2 record in 1910. The most notable game that season was a loss to Missouri. Before traveling to Columbia for the game, Hawley was warned not to take Archie Alexander, Iowa's talented black tackle, along for the game. Fearing troubles similar to what Frank Holbrook, Iowa's first black football player, encountered in a game against Missouri in 1896, Hawley agreed to leave Alexander behind. When the Iowa team arrived in Columbia, a mob of local townspeople met the team to ensure that Alexander was not with them. In view of the racial incidents as well as the unsportsmanlike treatment Hawkeye players received during the game, Hawley vowed that Iowa would never again play Missouri in football as long as he was the coach. It has been longer than that. The two neighboring state universities have not met since 1910.[2]
A 1–3 start was cause for concern in 1911, but Iowa finished the year strong and had a solid 4–3 record in 1912. The biggest win of the 1912 season was a 20–7 victory over Iowa State, the last Iowa State team to win a conference title. It was also the final loss in the coaching career of Clyde Williams, a former Iowa football star.
Hawley was poised to field his best Iowa team in 1913. The 1913 Hawkeyes had a 5–2 record and easily led the nation in scoring. Only a loss to Chicago kept Iowa from the Western Conference title. However, Iowa responded the following week with a 78–6 victory over Northwestern, the team that cost Iowa a share of the Western Conference title in 1910. Iowa's 78 points is the most ever surrendered by a Northwestern team, and the 72 point loss is the second largest defeat in Northwestern school history. The Hawkeyes also defeated Cornell College, 76–0, and Indiana, 60–0. Iowa's 45–7 win over Iowa State was the most lopsided in series history at the time and was Iowa's first Homecoming win.[3]
Iowa defeated Northern Iowa, 95–0, to open the 1914 season under Hawley. It is the largest margin of victory in Iowa history and easily Northern Iowa's biggest loss. However, many fans were critical of Iowa's win, stating that winning 95–0 did little to prepare Iowa for the rest of the season. They may have been correct; Iowa lost consecutive conference games by 7–0 scores to knock the Hawkeyes from the conference race yet again.[4]
Iowa started 3–0 in 1915, but Iowa lost the final four games of the season, and criticism of Hawley mounted. Specifically, eleven of the best players in the Western Conference were Iowans playing for other member schools. Undefeated Minnesota started four Iowans, Chicago and Northwestern each started three, and the star of the 1915 Wisconsin team was an Iowan as well. Five Iowans earned all-conference honors in 1915, and only one played for Iowa. In addition, Hawley only coached and lived in Iowa City during the season, and many Hawkeye fans felt the program needed a "full-time" coach. As a result, Hawley resigned after the 1915 season.
Hawley had a 24–18 record at Iowa. He was a quiet, reserved coach who believed in fundamentals and attention to detail. He was also a brilliant offensive coach who guided Iowa to some of the most lopsided wins in school history.[5]
Dartmouth
When Hawley resigned at Iowa, he stated that he wanted to spend more time with his investment business. He was a successful investor and businessman before he arrived at Iowa. Hawley, a Dartmouth College graduate, returned to Hanover and continued his business after leaving Iowa in 1915.
In 1923, Dartmouth's football team needed a head coach, and Hawley took the job and stayed for six years. Successful in private enterprise, he volunteered his services and coached his alma mater for free.
Under Hawley, Dartmouth went 22 games without a loss from 1923 to 1926. Hawley reached the pinnacle of success in 1925, when he led Dartmouth to an undefeated 8–0 season, for which Dartmouth claims the national championship. Other than two national titles claimed by Princeton in the 1930s under Fritz Crisler, the 1925 Dartmouth national title is the last claimed by an Ivy League school.[6]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Iowa Hawkeyes (Big Ten Conference) (1910–1915) 1910 Iowa 5–2 1–1 4th 1911 Iowa 3–4 2–2 5th 1912 Iowa 4–3 1–3 7th 1913 Iowa 5–2 2–1 T–2nd 1914 Iowa 4–3 1–2 7th 1915 Iowa 3–4 1–2 7th Iowa: 24–18 8–11 Dartmouth Big Green (Independent) (1923–1928) 1923 Dartmouth 8–1 1924 Dartmouth 7–0–1 1925 Dartmouth 8–0 1926 Dartmouth 4–4 1927 Dartmouth 7–1 1928 Dartmouth 5–4 Dartmouth: 39–10–1 Total: 63–28–1 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Stadium Stories: Iowa Hawkeyes, by Buck Turnbull, Page 71 (ISBN 0-7627-3819-7)
- ^ 75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes, by Bert McCrane & Dick Lamb, Page 52 (ASIN: B0007E01F8)
- ^ Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore, by Mike Finn & Chad Leistikow (ISBN 1-57167-178-1)
- ^ 75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes, by Bert McCrane & Dick Lamb, Pages 55-56 (ASIN: B0007E01F8)
- ^ A Championship Tradition
External links
Iowa Hawkeyes head football coaches No coach (1889–1891) • E. A. Dalton (1892) • Ben "Sport" Donnelly (1893) • Roger Sherman (1894) • No coach (1895) • Alfred E. Bull (1896) • Otto Wagonhurst (1897) • Alden Knipe (1898–1902) • John Chalmers (1903–1905) • Mark Catlin, Sr. (1906–1908) • John G. Griffith (1909) • Jesse Hawley (1910–1915) • Howard Jones (1916–1923) • Burt Ingwersen (1924–1931) • Ossie Solem (1932–1936) • Irl Tubbs (1937–1938) • Eddie Anderson (1939–1942) • Slip Madigan (1943–1944) • Clem Crowe (1945) • Eddie Anderson (1946–1949) • Leonard Raffensperger (1950–1951) • Forest Evashevski (1952–1960) • Jerry Burns (1961–1965) • Ray Nagel (1966–1970) • Frank Lauterbur (1971–1973) • Bob Commings (1974–1978) • Hayden Fry (1979–1998) • Kirk Ferentz (1999– )
Dartmouth Big Green head football coaches No coach (1881–1884) • No team (1885) • No coach (1886–1892) • Wallace Moyle (1893–1894) • Bill Wurtenburg (1895–1899) • Frederick E. Jennings (1900) • Walter McCornack (1901–1902) • Fred Folsom (1903–1906) • John O'Connor (1907–1908) • W. H. Lillard (1909) • W. J. Randall (1910) • Frank Cavanaugh (1911–1916) • Clarence Spears (1917–1920) • Jackson Cannell (1921–1922) • Jesse Hawley (1923–1928) • Jackson Cannell (1929–1933) • Earl Blaik (1934–1940) • Tuss McLaughry (1941–1942) • Earl Brown (1943–1944) • Tuss McLaughry (1945–1954) • Bob Blackman (1955–1970) • Jake Crouthamel (1971–1977) • Joe Yukica (1978–1986) • Buddy Teevens (1987–1991) • John Lyons (1992–2004) • Buddy Teevens (2005–)
Categories:- 1948 deaths
- Dartmouth Big Green football coaches
- Dartmouth Big Green football players
- Iowa Hawkeyes football coaches
- Princeton Tigers football coaches
- High school football coaches in the United States
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
