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Jesse Harper 
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball Biographical details Born December 10, 1883 Place of birth Paw Paw, Illinois Died July 1, 1961 (aged 77) Place of death Sitka, Kansas Playing career Football
1905
Baseball
1903–1906
Chicago
ChicagoCoaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1906–1907
1909–1912
1913–1917
Basketball
1910–1913
1913–1918
Baseball
1914–1918
Alma
Wabash
Notre Dame
Wabash
Notre Dame
Notre DameAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1913–1917
1931–1933Notre Dame
Notre DameHead coaching record Overall 57–17–7 (football)
67–29 (basketball)
61–28 (baseball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1971 (profile)Jesse C. Harper (December 10, 1883 – July 1, 1961) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Alma College (1906–1907), Wabash College (1909–1912), and the University of Notre Dame (1913–1917), compiling a career college football record of 57–17–7. Harper was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1971.
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Coaching career
Alma
Harper was the head college football coach for the Alma Scots located in Alma, Michigan. He held that position for the 1906 and 1907 seasons. His coaching record at Alma was 8 wins, 3 losses and 4 ties.[1] As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #11 at Alma in total wins and #9 at the school in winning percentage (.667).[2]
Wabash
Harper was the 18th head college football coach for the Wabash College Little Giants located in Crawfordsville, Indiana and he held that position for four seasons, from 1909 until 1912. His career coaching record at Wabash was 15 wins, 9 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him tenth at Wabash in total wins and ninth at Wabash in winning percentage (.615). [3]
Notre Dame
Harper is most known for his coaching at the University of Notre Dame.[4] His 1913 football squad posted a 35–13 win over Army, one that is regarded by most football historians as the game that put Notre Dame on the football map.
Later life
Harper stepped down as head football coach after the 1917 season and returned to ranching in his home state of Kansas. His ranch was not far from where Knute Rockne was killed in a 1931 plane crash.[citation needed] Not long afterwards, Harper returned to Notre Dame as athletic director, where he remained until 1934, when Elmer Layden became head football coach and athletic director.
Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Alma Scots (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1906–1907) 1906 Alma 3–2–3 1907 Alma 5–1–1 Alma: 8–3–4 Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1909–1912) 1909 Wabash 3–4–1 1910 Wabash 4–0 1911 Wabash 3–3–1 1912 Wabash 5–2 Wabash: 15–9–2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Independent) (1913–1917) 1913 Notre Dame 7–0 1914 Notre Dame 6–2 1915 Notre Dame 7–1 1916 Notre Dame 8–1 1917 Notre Dame 6–1–1 Notre Dame: 34–5–1 Total: 57–17–7 References
- ^ Shafer, Ian. "Alma College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?m=viewAllSeasons&id=682. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Alma Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/alma/coaching_records.php. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
- ^ Wabash College coaching records
- ^ "Notre Dame Men's Basketball Media Guide". UND.com. http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/mbb-media-guide0607.html. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
External links
- Notre Dame profile
- Jesse Harper at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Jesse Harper at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Jesse Harper at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Alma Scots head football coaches John T. Ewing (1894) • Ignatius M. Duffy (1895) • C. E. Woodruff (1896) • John H. Rice (1897) • George B. Wells & George Sweetland (1898) • Edward Fauver (1899) • Charles A. Allen (1900) • Theron W. Mortimer (1901) • Fred M. Hatch (1902) • Pearl Fuller (1903) • Eben Wilson (1904–1905) • Jesse Harper (1906–1907) • Ira T. Carrithers (1908–1909) • Dennis Grady (1910–1911) • Wilfred C. Bleamaster (1912–1916) • Harry Helmer (1917) • No team (1918) • Alger H. Wood (1919) • Edwin Steele (1920) • Royal R. Campbell (1921–1935) • Gordon MacDonald (1936–1943) • Floyd E. Lear (1944–1945) • Steve Sebo (1946–1948) • Lloyd Eaton (1949–1955) • Art Smith (1956–1962) • William Carr (1963–1964) • Denny Stolz (1965–1970) • Philip Brooks (1971–1990) • Jim Cole (1991– )
Wabash Little Giants head football coaches Edwin R. Taber (1884) • No team (1885) • Evans Woollen (1886) • William Martin (1887) • No team (1888) • C. Sherman King (1889) • Robert A. King (1890) • Mason B. Thomas (1891) • William C. Malley (1892) • Elmer Horton (1893) • A. Vernon Randall (1894) • Franklin D. Arms (1895) • Frank M. Gould (1896) • No team (1897) • James B. Modesitt (1898–1899) • Anthony Chez (1900) • Frederick Feil (1901) • Eben Wilson (1902–1903) • Francis M. Cayou (1904–1907) • Ralph Jones (1908) • Jesse Harper (1909–1912) • Clarence H. Thurber (1913–1914) • Paul Sheeks (1915–1916) • J. Russell Townsend (1917–1918) • Robert E. Vaughan (1919–1945) • Glen Harmeson (1946–1950) • Garland Frazier (1951–1960) • Kenneth W. Keuffel (1961–1966) • Max Urick (1967–1970) • Dick Bowman (1971–1973) • Frank Navarro (1974–1977) • Stan Parrish (1978–1982) • Greg Carlson (1983–2000) • Chris Creighton (2001–2007) • Erik Raeburn (2008– )
Notre Dame Fighting Irish head football coaches No coach (1887–1893) • James L. Morison (1894) • H. G. Hadden (1895) • Frank E. Hering (1896–1898) • James McWeeney (1899) • Pat O'Dea (1900–1901) • James Farragher (1902–1903) • Louis J. Salmon (1904) • Henry J. McGlew (1905) • Thomas A. Barry (1906–1907) • Victor M. Place (1908) • Frank Longman (1909–1910) • John L. Marks (1911–1912) • Jesse Harper (1913–1917) • Knute Rockne (1918–1930) • Heartley Anderson (1931–1933) • Elmer Layden (1934–1940) • Frank Leahy (1941–1943) • Edward McKeever (1944) • Hugh Devore (1945) • Frank Leahy (1946–1953) • Terry Brennan (1954–1958) • Joe Kuharich (1959–1962) • Hugh Devore (1963) • Ara Parseghian (1964–1974) • Dan Devine (1975–1980) • Gerry Faust (1981–1985) • Lou Holtz (1986–1996) • Bob Davie (1997–2001) • Tyrone Willingham (2002–2004) • Kent Baer # (2004) • Charlie Weis (2005–2009) • Brian Kelly (2010– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball head coaches Frank E. Hering (1898) • J. Fred Powers (1899) • No team (1899–1907) • Bertram Maris (1907–1912) • Bill Nelson (1912–1913) • Jesse Harper (1913–1918) • Gus Dorais (1918–1920) • Walter Halas (1920–1923) • George Keogan (1923–1943) • Moose Krause (1943–1944) • Clem Crowe (1944–1945) • Elmer Ripley (1945–1946) • Moose Krause (1946–1951) • John Jordan (1951–1964) • John Dee (1964–1971) • Digger Phelps (1971–1991) • John MacLeod (1991–1999) • Matt Doherty (1999–2000) • Mike Brey (2000–)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish head baseball coaches No coach (1892) • No team (1893) • No coach (1894–1896) • Frank E. Hering (1897–1899) • Charles Stahl (1900) • No coach (1901–1902) • Robert Lynch (1903) • No coach (1904–1905) • Harry Arndt (1906) • Lou Criger (1907) • Harry Curtis (1908–1909) • Ed Smith (1910) • Albert Kelly (1911) • Ed Smith (1912) • Fred Williams (1913) • Jesse Harper (1914–1918) • Gus Dorais (1919–1920) • Walter Halas (1921–1923) • George Keogan (1924–1926) • Tommy Mills (1927–1929) • George Keogan (1930–1933) • Clarence Kline (1934–1975) • Tom Kelly (1976–1980) • Larry Gallo (1981–1987) • Pat Murphy (1988–1994) • Paul Mainieri (1995–2006) • Dave Schrage (2007–2010) • Mik Aoki (2011– )
Notre Dame Fighting Irish athletic directors Jesse Harper (1913–1917) • Knute Rockne (1920–1930) • Jesse Harper (1931–1933) • Elmer Layden (1934–1940) • Hugh Devore (1945) • Frank Leahy (1947–1949) • Moose Krause (1949–1981) • Gene Corrigan (1981–1987) • Dick Rosenthal (1987–1995) • Mike Wadsworth (1995–2000) • Kevin White (2000–2008) • Jack Swarbrick (2008– )
Categories:- 1883 births
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