Jim Loveless
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1907-03-04)March 4, 1907 Francisco, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | September 9, 1997(1997-09-09) (aged 90) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1926–1928 | DePauw |
Basketball | |
1927–1929 | DePauw |
Baseball | |
c. 1928 | DePauw |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1929–1933 | Peru HS (IN) |
1934–1935 | Saginaw HS (MI) |
1936 | Southeast Oklahoma State (line) |
1937–1953 | Grove City |
Basketball | |
1934–1936 | Saginaw HS (MI) |
1936–1937 | Southeast Oklahoma State |
1946–1954 | Grove City |
Baskeeball | |
1937 | Southeast Oklahoma State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1946–1953 | Cleveland Browns (scout) |
1954–1974 | DePauw |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 39–61–7 (college football) 46–16–2 (high school football) |
James C. Loveless (March 4, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American football, basketball, baseball, track, and swimming coach, athletics administrator, and educator.[1] He served as the head football coach at Grove City College from 1937 to 1953, compiling a record of 39–61–7.[2] Loveless also coached basketball and track at Grove City.[3]
Loveless attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he starred in football, basketball, and baseball.[4] He died on September 9, 1997.[5]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Grove City Crimson/Wolverines (Independent) (1937–1953) | |||||||||
1937 | Grove City | 1–7 | |||||||
1938 | Grove City | 3–3–2 | |||||||
1939 | Grove City | 1–6–1 | |||||||
1940 | Grove City | 4–4 | |||||||
1941 | Grove City | 3–2–1 | |||||||
1942 | Grove City | 2–5 | |||||||
1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1945 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1946 | Grove City | 3–4–1 | |||||||
1947 | Grove City | 6–2 | |||||||
1948 | Grove City | 5–2–1 | |||||||
1949 | Grove City | 7–1 | |||||||
1950 | Grove City | 1–7 | |||||||
1951 | Grove City | 1–6 | |||||||
1952 | Grove City | 1–6–1 | |||||||
1953 | Grove City | 2–6 | |||||||
Grove City: | 39–61–7 | ||||||||
Total: | 39–61–7 |
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References
- ^ "Loveless, James C." Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
- ^ "James Loveless". Grove City Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Loveless Leaves Grove City For Position at De Pauw". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May 15, 1954. p. 13. Retrieved February 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Grove City Selects Oklahoman For Grid Vacancy". The Record-Argus. Greenville, Pennsylvania. August 6, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved February 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "James Loveless, ex-DePauw educator". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. September 12, 1997. p. D11. Retrieved February 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Football Year-by-Year Records". Grove City College. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
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Grove City Wolverines head football coaches
- Morgan Barnes (1892)
- R. N. J. McKee (1893)
- Jesse Bruce (1894)
- Harold Weakley (1895)
- W. H. Maxwell (1896)
- Ernest Brown (1897)
- R. W. Cunningham (1898)
- George J. Cronenwett (1899)
- Charles Hamilton & George Lowrey (1900)
- George Lowrey (1901)
- Harold Weakley (1902)
- James Marshall (1903–1904)
- Charles Hamilton (1905)
- Herbert Harmon (1906–1907)
- William Rooke (1908)
- Herbert Harmon (1909–1913)
- William J. Young (1914)
- Herbert Harmon (1915)
- Howard Acher (1916)
- Harold O. White (1917–1918)
- Howard Acher (1919)
- Robert Thorn (1920)
- Guy Williamson (1921–1923)
- Charley Bowser (1924–1926)
- Charlie Berry (1927–1931)
- Bill Amos (1932–1936)
- Jim Loveless (1937–1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Jim Loveless (1946–1953)
- Al Pesek (1954)
- Jim Curry (1955)
- Jack Behringer (1956–1972)
- Joe Kopnisky (1973–1983)
- Chris Smith (1984–2015)
- Andrew DiDonato (2016– )