Ike Armstrong

Ike Armstrong
Biographical details
Born	June 8, 1895; Fort Madison, Iowa
Died	September 4, 1983 (aged 88); Corona Del Mar, California
Playing career
Football
1920s	Drake
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1925–1949	Utah
Basketball
1925–1927	Utah
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1925–1950	Utah
1950–1963	Minnesota
Head coaching record
Overall	141–55–15 (football); 9–18 (basketball)
Bowls	1–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 7 RMAC (1926, 1928–1933); 6 Mountain States (1938, 1940–1942, 1947–1948)
	College Football Hall of Fame; Inducted in 1957 (profile)

Ike J. Armstrong (June 8, 1895 – September 4, 1983) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Utah from 1925 to 1949, compiling a record of 141–55–15. Under Armstrong, Utah won 13 conference championships, seven in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and six in the Mountain States Conference. Armstrong's 25-year tenure is the longest of any Utah Utes football head coach and his 141 wins are the most in program history. Armstrong also coached Utah's basketball and track teams and served as the school's athletic director. He attended Drake University where he played college football as a fullback. From 1950 to 1963, he served the athletic director at the University of Minnesota. Armstrong was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1957. He died at the age of 88 of pneumonia at the Flagship Convalescent Home in Corona Del Mar, California on September 4, 1983.^[1]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Utah Utes (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1925–1937)
1925	Utah	6–2	5–1	T–2nd
1926	Utah	7–0	5–0	1st
1927	Utah	3–3–1	3–1–1	T–3rd
1928	Utah	5–0–2	4–0–1	1st
1929	Utah	7–0	6–0	1st
1930	Utah	8–0	7–0	1st
1931	Utah	7–2	6–0	1st
1932	Utah	6–1–1	6–0	1st
1933	Utah	5–3	5–1	T–1st
1934	Utah	5–3	4–2	5th
1935	Utah	4–3–1	4–1–1	3rd
1936	Utah	6–3	5–2	3rd
1937	Utah	5–3	5–2	T–2nd
Utah Utes (Mountain States Conference) (1938–1949)
1938	Utah	7–1–2	4–0–1	1st	W Sun
1939	Utah	6–1–2	4–1–1	2nd
1940	Utah	7–2	5–1	1st
1941	Utah	6–0–2	4–0–2	1st
1942	Utah	6–3	5–1	T–1st
1943	Utah	0–7	0–2	2nd
1944	Utah	5–2–1	1–2–1	3rd
1945	Utah	4–4	3–2	3rd
1946	Utah	8–3	4–2	3rd	L Pineapple
1947	Utah	8–1–1	6–0	1st
1948	Utah	8–1–1	5–0	1st
1949	Utah	2–7–1	2–3	4th
Utah:		141–55–15	108–24–8
Total:		141–55–15
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

^ AP (September 6, 1983). "'Rockne Of Rockies' Dies". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
^ "RMAC FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS (SINCE 1909)". Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
^ "Ike J. Armstrong Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-08-04.