| James N. Ashmore | |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1878 |
| Birth Place: | Richview, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Danville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Baseball |
| Player Years2: | 1902–1903 |
| Player Team2: | Illinois |
| Player Positions: | First baseman |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1903 |
| Coach Team2: | Washington Agricultural |
| Coach Years3: | 1904–1906 |
| Coach Team3: | Millikin |
| Coach Years4: | 1907–1908 |
| Coach Team4: | Western Maryland |
| Coach Years5: | 1909–1913 |
| Coach Team5: | Millikin |
| Coach Years6: | 1919–1921 |
| Coach Team6: | Iowa (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 1922–1924 |
| Coach Team7: | DePauw |
| Coach Sport8: | Basketball |
| Coach Years9: | 1904–1905 |
| Coach Team9: | Washington Agricultural |
| Coach Years10: | 1905–1907 |
| Coach Team10: | Millikin |
| Coach Years11: | 1909–1914 |
| Coach Team11: | Millikin |
| Coach Years12: | 1914–1917 |
| Coach Team12: | Colorado |
| Coach Years13: | 1920–1922 |
| Coach Team13: | Iowa |
| Coach Years14: | 1923–1924 |
| Coach Team14: | DePauw |
| Coach Years15: | 1926–1931 |
| Coach Team15: | North Carolina |
| Coach Sport16: | Baseball |
| Coach Years17: | 1904 |
| Coach Team17: | Washington Agricultural |
| Coach Years18: | 1905–1906 |
| Coach Team18: | Millikin |
| Coach Years19: | 1910–1914 |
| Coach Team19: | Millikin |
| Coach Years20: | 1915–1917 |
| Coach Team20: | Colorado |
| Coach Years21: | 1920–1922 |
| Coach Team21: | Iowa |
| Coach Years22: | 1923–1924 |
| Coach Team22: | DePauw |
| Coach Years23: | 1927–1931 |
| Coach Team23: | North Carolina |
| Coach Years24: | 1940 |
| Coach Team24: | Millikin |
| Admin Years1: | 1914–1919 |
| Admin Team2: | Colorado |
| Overall Record: | 61–46–9 (football) 178–117 (basketball) 170–99–6 (baseball, excluding Colorado) |
| Championships: | Football 1 IIAC (1911) |
James Newton Ashmore (November 11, 1878 – April 26, 1944) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science—now known as Washington State University—(1903), Millikin University (1904–1906, 1909–1913), Western Maryland College—now known as McDaniel College–(1907–1908), and DePauw University (1922–1924), compiling a career college football record of 61–46–9. Ashmore was also the head basketball coach at Washington Agricultural (1904–1905), Millikin (1905–1907, 1909–1914), the University of Colorado at Boulder (1914–1917), the University of Iowa (1920–1922), DePauw (1923–1924) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1926–1931), tallying a career college basketball mark of 178–117. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Washington Agricultural (1904), Millikin (1905–1906, 1910–1914, 1940), Colorado, (1915–1917), Iowa (1920–1922), DePauw (1923–1924) and North Carolina (1927–1931).
Ashmore was the eighth head coach for the Washington State Cougars football team and held the position for the 1903 season.[1] His coaching record at Washington State was 3–3–2.[2]
Ashmore was the head coach at Western Maryland for the 1907 and 1908 seasons. While there, he compiled a 9–8–3 record.[3]
Ashmore was elected the township assessor of Decatur, Illinois as a Republican. He died on April 26, 1944, at the Veteran's Hospital in Danville, Illinois, following a illness of ten weeks.[4]