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.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1889 New Concord, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 23, 1943 (aged 53–54) Missoula, Montana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Geneva (A.B., 1911) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1918–1919 | South Dakota |
| 1922–1923 | Montana |
| Basketball | |
| 1918–1922 | South Dakota |
| 1922–1932 | Montana |
| Track | |
| 1923–1925 | Montana |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1924–1932 | Montana |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–16 (football) 104–125 (basketball) |
Early years
editStewart 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]
South Dakota
editStewart served as the head football coach (1918–1919) and head men's basketball coach (1918–1922) at the University of South Dakota.
Montana
editStewart 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]
Death
editStewart died on April 23, 1943, of a heart attack, in Missoula, Montana.[4]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota Coyotes (Independent) (1918–1919) | |||||||||
| 1918 | South Dakota | 1–2 | |||||||
| 1919 | South Dakota | 2–6 | |||||||
| South Dakota: | 3–8 | ||||||||
| Montana Grizzlies (Independent) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Montana | 3–4 | |||||||
| 1923 | Montana | 4–4 | |||||||
| Montana: | 7–8 | ||||||||
| Total: | 10–16 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Catalogue of the University of Dakota". University of South Dakota. 1920. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Coaching History" (PDF). Montana Grizzlies. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Athletic Team Record "Red Book," 1897-1980". University of Montana. 1994. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "John W. Stewart Dies Suddenly At Adams Home". Missoulian. Missoula, Montana. April 26, 1943. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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