Ike Tomlinson | |
Birth Date: | 17 November 1910 |
Death Place: | Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S. |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1945 |
Coach Team2: | Arkansas State |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1944–1949 |
Coach Team4: | Arkansas State |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1948–1976 |
Coach Team6: | Arkansas State |
Admin Years1: | 1945–1976 |
Admin Team1: | Arkansas State |
Overall Record: | 2–4–1 (football) 51–69 (basketball) 363–423–7 (baseball) |
James A. "Ike" Tomlinson (November 17, 1910 – March 9, 2000) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head baseball coach at Arkansas State University from 1948 to 1976, compiling a record of 363–423–7 and becoming the longest-tenured athletic coach at the school. The school's baseball facility, Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field, is named after him.[1] Tomlinson was also the head football coach at Arkansas State for season in 1945, tallying a mark of 2–4–1, and school's head basketball coach from 1944 to 1949, amassing a record of 51–69.