Ion Cortright
Appearance
![]() Cortright pictured in The Cincinnatian 1917, Cincinnati yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Eaton, Michigan | June 29, 1889
Died | June 3, 1961 East Lansing, Michigan | (aged 71)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1907–1910 | Michigan Agricultural |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1911–1913 | Michigan Agricultural (assistant) |
1914–1915 | South Dakota |
1916 | Cincinnati |
1925–1927 | North Dakota Agricultural |
Basketball | |
1914–1915 | South Dakota |
1916–1917 | Cincinnati |
1925–1926 | North Dakota Agricultural |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 22–20–6 (football) 38–14 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 NCC (1925) | |
Ion John Cortright (June 29, 1889 – June 3, 1961)[1] was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Dakota (1914–1915), the University of Cincinnati (1916), and North Dakota Agricultural College, now North Dakota State University, (1925–1927), compiling a career college football record of 22–20–6. Cortright was also the head basketball coach at South Dakota for one season in 1914–15, Cincinnati for one season in 1916–17, and North Dakota Agricultural for one season in 1925–26, tallying a career mark of 38–14.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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South Dakota Coyotes (Independent) (1914–1915) | |||||||||
1914 | South Dakota | 5–2–1 | |||||||
1915 | South Dakota | 4–2–2 | |||||||
South Dakota: | 9–4–3 | ||||||||
Cincinnati Bearcats (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1916) | |||||||||
1916 | Cincinnati | 0–8–1 | 0–6–1 | 13th | |||||
Cincinnati: | 0–8–1 | 0–6–1 | |||||||
North Dakota Agricultural Bison (North Central Conference) (1925–1927) | |||||||||
1925 | North Dakota Agricultural | 5–0–2 | 4–0–2 | T–1st | |||||
1926 | North Dakota Agricultural | 5–3 | 2–3 | 6th | |||||
1927 | North Dakota Agricultural | 3–5 | 1–3 | 5th | |||||
North Dakota Agricultural: | 13–8–2 | 7–6–2 | |||||||
Total: | 22–20–6 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- ^ "Cortright Rites Set", Star-News, June 6, 1961, Pasadena, California
External links
- Template:CFBCR
- Ion Cortright as College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
Categories:
- 1889 births
- 1961 deaths
- Cincinnati Bearcats football coaches
- Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball coaches
- Michigan State Spartans baseball players
- Michigan State Spartans football coaches
- Michigan State Spartans football players
- North Dakota State Bison football coaches
- North Dakota State Bison men's basketball coaches
- South Dakota Coyotes football coaches
- South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball coaches
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1910s stubs