John W. Stewart | |
Birth Place: | New Concord, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Missoula, Montana, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Geneva (A.B., 1911) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1918–1919 |
Coach Team2: | South Dakota |
Coach Years3: | 1922–1923 |
Coach Team3: | Montana |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1918–1922 |
Coach Team5: | South Dakota |
Coach Years6: | 1922–1932 |
Coach Team6: | Montana |
Coach Sport7: | Track |
Coach Years8: | 1923–1925 |
Coach Team8: | Montana |
Admin Years1: | 1924–1932 |
Admin Team1: | Montana |
Overall Record: | 10–16 (football) 104–125 (basketball) |
John Wilson Stewart (1889 – April 23, 1943) was an American football, basketball, and track coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Dakota from 1918 to 1919, and the University of Montana from 1922 to 1923, compiling a career college football coaching record of 10–16. Stewart was the head basketball coach at South Dakota from 1918 to 1922 and Montana from 1922 and 1932, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 104–125. He was also the head track coach at Montana from 1923 to 1925 and the school's athletic director from 1924 to 1932.
Stewart was a 1911 graduate of Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He served as a physical education director at several high schools in South Dakota and Iowa spanning 1911 to 1918.[1]
Stewart served as the head football coach (1918–1919) and head men's basketball coach (1918–1922) at the University of South Dakota.
Stewart served as the head football coach (1922–1923), head men's basketball coach (1922–1932), head track coach (1923–1925), and athletic director at the University of Montana.[2] [3]
Stewart died on April 23, 1943, of a heart attack, in Missoula, Montana.[4]