John Harmon (coach) explained

John Harmon
Birth Date:20 May 1895
Birth Place:Bible Grove, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Ottawa, Kansas, U.S.
Alma Mater:Missouri Wesleyan College[1]
Player Sport1:Football
Player Team2:Missouri Wesleyan
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1921–1922
Coach Team2:Central Wesleyan
Coach Years3:1923–1929
Coach Team3:Evansville
Coach Years4:1933
Coach Team4:Boston University
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1921–1923
Coach Team6:Central Wesleyan
Coach Years7:1923–1930
Coach Team7:Evansville
Coach Years8:1932–1935
Coach Team8:Boston University
Coach Sport9:Baseball
Coach Years10:1924–1927
Coach Team10:Evansville
Coach Years11:1933–1935
Coach Team11:Boston University
Admin Years1:1921–1923
Admin Team1:Central Wesleyan
Admin Years2:1923–1930
Admin Team2:Evansville
Admin Years3:1935–1951
Admin Team3:Boston University
Overall Record:20–47 (football)
74–78 (basketball, excluding Central Wesleyan)
27–52 (baseball)

John Millard Harmon (May 20, 1895 – October 18, 1974) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton, Missouri from 1921 to 1922, the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana from 1923 to 1929, and Boston University in 1933. Harmon was also the head basketball coach at Central Wesleyan from 1921 to 1923, Evansville from 1923 to 1930, and Boston University from 1932 to 1935. He was the head baseball coach at Evansville from 1924 to 1927 and at Boston University from 1933 to 1935. He also served as the athletic director at Boston University from 1935 to 1951.[2]

Harmon retired 1959 and moved to Ottawa, Kansas in 1960. He died on October 18, 1974, at Cedarhouse Nursing Home in Ottawa.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: View Image.
  2. Web site: Marrochello Named Director of Athletics; Former BU deputy director of athletics promoted . . September 10, 2014 . Boston University Official Athletic Site . . June 2, 2015 .
  3. News: . John M. Harmon . . . October 22, 1974 . 2 . September 16, 2020 . .