Dick Jamieson Explained

Dick Jamieson
Birth Date:13 November 1937
Birth Place:Streator, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1956
Player Team2:Bradley
Player Years3:1959
Player Team3:Baltimore Colts
Player Years4:1960–1961
Player Team4:New York Titans
Player Sport5:Baseball
Player Years6:1957
Player Team6:Beaumont Pirates
Player Years7:1958
Player Team7:Grand Forks Chiefs
Player Years8:1958
Player Team8:San Angelo Pirates
Player Positions:Quarterback (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1972–1977
Coach Team2:Missouri (OC)
Coach Years3:1978–1979
Coach Team3:Indiana State
Coach Years4:1980–1984
Coach Team4:St. Louis Cardinals (RB)
Coach Years5:1985
Coach Team5:St. Louis Cardinals (OC)
Coach Years6:1986–1987
Coach Team6:Houston Oilers (OC/RB)
Coach Years7:1990–1991
Coach Team7:Northwestern (OC/QB)
Coach Years8:1992–1994
Coach Team8:Rutgers (RB)
Coach Years9:1995–1996
Coach Team9:Philadelphia Eagles (RB)
Coach Years10:1997
Coach Team10:Arizona Cardinals (OC)
Overall Record:11–11
Awards:
As a player

Richard Alexander Jamieson (November 13, 1937 – May 2, 2001) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football. He was the offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) in 1997. He also served as offensive coordinator for the Cardinals in 1985 when the franchise was in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] [2]

Playing career

Jamieson spent three seasons in professional football, 1959 with the NFL's Baltimore Colts and 1960 and 1961 in the American Football League, in which he was originally the property of the Dallas Texans but was traded to the New York Titans, now the New York Jets. He also spent two seasons in the farm system of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates after graduating from Bradley University in 1959. He was a 'Little All-American' as a sophomore in 1956.

Coaching career

Prior to joining the Cardinals staff, Jamieson was the head coach at Indiana State University from 1978 to 1979, leading the Sycamores to a record of 11–11.

Jamieson returned to Peoria and began a coaching career that took him from Peoria High, where his teams were renowned for their offensive prowess, to an assistant coaching position at the University of Missouri. He left there to become head coach at Indiana State, then was hired onto the staff of the NFL's Cardinals, for whom he would serve two stints as offensive coordinator, one in St. Louis and one in Arizona. Jamieson's career included time as an assistant coach for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and the Houston Oilers; he also served in the college ranks for Northwestern University, Rutgers University and Cerritos College.[3]

Personal life

Jamieson's father was Robert Arthur Jamieson, a Scottish emigrant who was a prominent citizen of Peoria, Illinois. His younger brother is Bob Jamieson, a longtime television news correspondent at NBC News and ABC News.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: PRO FOOTBALL: NOTEBOOK; Joyner-Kersee Takes on Another Hurdle, This Time as N.F.L. Agent. The New York Times. 18 January 1998. Freeman. Mike.
  2. Web site: The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search.
  3. Web site: System Offline . December 13, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715090950/http://www2.pjstar.com/index.php/wessler/dick_jamieson_..._historical_footnote/ . July 15, 2011 .