Jess Neely

Jess Neely
Jess Neely
Sport(s) Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born January 4, 1898(1898-01-04)
Place of birth Smyrna, Tennessee
Died April 9, 1983(1983-04-09) (aged 85)
Place of death Weslaco, Texas
Playing career
19201922 Vanderbilt
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
19241927
19281930
19311939
19401966

Baseball
19291930
19321938
1945, 1948

Southwestern (TN)
Alabama (assistant)
Clemson
Rice


Alabama
Clemson
Rice
Head coaching record
Overall 20717619 (football)
1091085 (baseball)
Bowls 43
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4 SWC (1946, 1949, 1953, 1957)
Awards
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1967)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1971 (profile)

Jess C. Neely (January 4, 1898April 9, 1983) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Southwestern University, now Rhodes College (19241927), Clemson University (19311939), and Rice University (19401966), compiling a career college football record of 20717619. Neely was also the head baseball coach at the University of Alabama (19291930), Clemson (19321938), and Rice (1945, 1948), tallying a career college baseball mark of 1091085. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1971.

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Playing career

Neely played college football at Vanderbilt University from 1920 to 1922 under head coach Dan McGugin.

Coaching career

Neely began his football coaching career at Rhodes College, then Southwestern University, where he complied an 18152 record from 19241927. He was an assistant at Alabama from 19281930 and was also head baseball coach there from 19291930, totally a 28152 record.

From 1931 to 1939, he coached at Clemson, and compiled a 43357 record. From 1940 to 1966, he coached at Rice, and compiled a 14412410 record. This makes him by far the winningest coach in Rice history.

Neely won the first four bowl games he coached: 1940 Cotton Bowl (with Clemson), 1946 Orange Bowl, 1949 and 1953 Cotton Bowls (with Rice). With Rice he lost the last three bowl games he coached: 1957 Cotton Bowl, 1960 Sugar Bowl, and 1961 Bluebonnet Bowl.

After the 1966 season, he returned to Vanderbilt as athletic director. In 1967, he received the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award. In 1999, he was ranked number 39 in Sports Illustrated's list of the "50 Greatest Tennessee Sports Figures of the 20th Century".[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Southwestern Lynx () (19241927)
1924 Southwestern 36
1925 Southwestern 72
1926 Southwestern 541
1927 Southwestern 551
Southwestern: 20172
Clemson Tigers (Southern Conference) (19311939)
1931 Clemson 162 14 20th
1932 Clemson 351 04 T21st
1933 Clemson 362 11 T5th
1934 Clemson 54 21 5th
1935 Clemson 63 21 4th
1936 Clemson 55 33 8th
1937 Clemson 441 201 T3rd
1938 Clemson 711 301 2nd
1939 Clemson 91 40 2nd W Cotton 12
Clemson: 43357 18142
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (19401966)
1940 Rice 73 42 T3rd
1941 Rice 631 321 4th
1942 Rice 721 411 2nd
1943 Rice 37 23 T3rd
1944 Rice 56 23 T4th
1945 Rice 56 33 T3rd
1946 Rice 92 51 T1st W Orange 10
1947 Rice 631 42 3rd 18
1948 Rice 541 321 T3rd
1949 Rice 101 60 1st W Cotton 5
1950 Rice 64 24 T5th
1951 Rice 55 33 T3rd
1952 Rice 55 42 2nd
1953 Rice 92 51 T1st W Cotton 6 6
1954 Rice 73 42 T3rd 19 19
1955 Rice 271 06 7th
1956 Rice 46 15 5th
1957 Rice 74 51 1st L Cotton 7 8
1958 Rice 55 42 T2nd
1959 Rice 172 141 6th
1960 Rice 74 52 T2nd L Sugar
1961 Rice 74 52 3rd L Bluebonnet 17
1962 Rice 262 241 6th
1963 Rice 64 43 3rd
1964 Rice 451 331 T4th
1965 Rice 28 16 T7th
1966 Rice 28 16 8th
Rice: 14412410 86756
Total: 20717619
      National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.

See also

  • List of college football coaches with 200 wins

References

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