| Jake McCandless | |
| Death Date: | (aged 77) |
| Death Place: | Ocala, Florida, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1948–1950 |
| Player Team2: | Princeton |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1951–1953 |
| Coach Team2: | St. Mark's School (MA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1954–1957 |
| Coach Team3: | Kent School (CT) |
| Coach Years4: | 1958–1968 |
| Coach Team4: | Princeton (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1969–1972 |
| Coach Team5: | Princeton |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1951–1954 |
| Coach Team7: | St. Mark's School (MA) |
| Coach Years8: | 1954–1958 |
| Coach Team8: | Kent School (CT) |
| Coach Years9: | 1961–1962 |
| Coach Team9: | Princeton |
| Overall Record: | 18–17–1 (college football) 22–16 (college basketball) |
| Tournament Record: | Basketball 1–2 (NCAA) |
| Championships: | Football 1 Ivy (1969) Basketball 1 Ivy (1961) |
Joey Leigh "Jake" McCandless (– November 5, 2007) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Princeton University from 1969 to 1972, compiling a record of 18–17–1. McCandless also served as acting head basketball coach for the final 15 games of the 1960–61 season, replacing an ailing Franklin Cappon, who suffered a heart attack in January 1961. When Cappon died in November of that year, McCandless was named his successor and led the Princeton team for the 1961–62 season.[1]
A native of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, McCandless graduated from Beaver Falls High School in 1947. He attended Princeton, where he played college football before graduating in 1951. He began his coaching career at St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts and Kent School in Kent, Connecticut. He returned in Princeton in 1958 as an assistant football coach.[2] McCandless died at the age of 77, at his home in Ocala, Florida, on November 5, 2007.[3]