Jesse Harper

Jesse Harper

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1883-12-10)December 10, 1883 Paw Paw, Illinois
Died	July 1, 1961(1961-07-01) (aged 77) Sitka, Kansas
Playing career
Football 1905 Baseball 1903–1906	Chicago Chicago
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1906–1907 1909–1912 1913–1917 Basketball 1910–1913 1913–1918 Baseball 1914–1918	Alma Wabash Notre Dame Wabash Notre Dame Notre Dame
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1913–1917 1931–1933	Notre Dame Notre Dame
Head coaching record
Overall	57–17–7 (football) 67–29 (basketball) 61–28 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1971 (profile)

Jesse C. Harper (December 10, 1883 – July 1, 1961) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was born in East Paw Paw, Illinois. He served as the head football coach at Alma College (1906–1907), Wabash College (1909–1912), and the University of Notre Dame (1913–1917), compiling a career college football record of 57–17–7. Harper was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1971.

1 Coaching career
2 Later life
3 Head coaching record
- 3.1 Football
4 References
5 External links

Coaching career [edit]

Alma [edit]

Harper was the head college football coach for the Alma Scots located in Alma, Michigan. He held that position for the 1906 and 1907 seasons. His coaching record at Alma was 8 wins, 3 losses and 4 ties.^[1] As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #11 at Alma in total wins and #9 at the school in winning percentage (.667).^[2]

Wabash [edit]

Harper was the 18th head college football coach for the Wabash College Little Giants located in Crawfordsville, Indiana and he held that position for four seasons, from 1909 until 1912. His career coaching record at Wabash was 15 wins, 9 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him tenth at Wabash in total wins and ninth at Wabash in winning percentage (.615). ^[3]

Notre Dame [edit]

Harper is most known for his coaching at the University of Notre Dame.^[4] His 1913 football squad posted a 35–13 win over Army, one that is regarded by most football historians as the game that put Notre Dame on the football map.

Later life [edit]

Harper stepped down as head football coach after the 1917 season and returned to ranching in his home state of Kansas. His ranch was not far from where Knute Rockne was killed in a 1931 plane crash.^{[citation needed]} Not long afterwards, Harper returned to Notre Dame as athletic director, where he remained until 1934, when Elmer Layden became head football coach and athletic director.

Jesse was married and had two sons and one daughter.

Head coaching record [edit]

Football [edit]

Year	Team	Overall
Alma Scots (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1906–1907)
1906	Alma	3–2–3
1907	Alma	5–1–1
Alma:		8–3–4
Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1909–1912)
1909	Wabash	3–4–1
1910	Wabash	4–0
1911	Wabash	3–3–1
1912	Wabash	5–2
Wabash:		15–9–2
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Independent) (1913–1917)
1913	Notre Dame	7–0
1914	Notre Dame	6–2
1915	Notre Dame	7–1
1916	Notre Dame	8–1
1917	Notre Dame	6–1–1
Notre Dame:		34–5–1
Total:		57–17–7

References [edit]

^ Shafer, Ian. "Alma College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
^ DeLassus, David. "Alma Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
^ Wabash College coaching records
^ "Notre Dame Men's Basketball Media Guide". UND.com. Retrieved 2007-11-09.

External links [edit]

Notre Dame profile
Jesse Harper at the College Football Hall of Fame
Jesse Harper at the College Football Data Warehouse
Jesse Harper at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Alma Scots head football coaches

John T. Ewing (1894)
Ignatius M. Duffy (1895)
C. E. Woodruff (1896)
John H. Rice (1897)
George B. Wells & George Sweetland (1898)
Edward Fauver (1899)
Charles A. Allen (1900)
Theron W. Mortimer (1901)
Fred M. Hatch (1902)
Pearl Fuller (1903)
Eben Wilson (1904–1905)
Jesse Harper (1906–1907)
Ira T. Carrithers (1908–1909)
Dennis Grady (1910–1911)
Wilfred C. Bleamaster (1912–1915)
Harry Helmer (1916–1917)
No team (1918)
Alger H. Wood (1919)
Edwin Steele (1920)
Royal R. Campbell (1921–1935)
Gordon MacDonald (1936–1943)
Floyd E. Lear (1944–1945)
Steve Sebo (1946–1948)
Lloyd Eaton (1949–1955)
Art Smith (1956–1962)
William Carr (1963–1964)
Denny Stolz (1965–1970)
Philip Brooks (1971–1990)
Jim Cole (1991– )

Wabash Little Giants head football coaches

Edwin R. Taber (1884)
No team (1885)
Evans Woollen (1886)
William Martin (1887)
No team (1888)
C. Sherman King (1889)
Robert A. King (1890)
Mason B. Thomas (1891)
William C. Malley (1892)
Elmer Horton (1893)
A. Vernon Randall (1894)
Franklin D. Arms (1895)
Frank M. Gould (1896)
No team (1897)
James B. Modesitt (1898–1899)
Anthony Chez (1900)
Frederick Feil (1901)
Eben Wilson (1902–1903)
Francis M. Cayou (1904–1907)
Ralph Jones (1908)
Jesse Harper (1909–1912)
Clarence H. Thurber (1913–1914)
Paul Sheeks (1915–1916)
J. Russell Townsend (1917–1918)
Robert E. Vaughan (1919–1945)
Glen Harmeson (1946–1950)
Garland Frazier (1951–1960)
Kenneth W. Keuffel (1961–1966)
Max Urick (1967–1970)
Dick Bowman (1971–1973)
Frank Navarro (1974–1977)
Stan Parrish (1978–1982)
Greg Carlson (1983–2000)
Chris Creighton (2001–2007)
Erik Raeburn (2008– )

v t e Notre Dame Fighting Irish head football coaches

No coach (1887–1893) James L. Morison (1894) H. G. Hadden (1895) Frank E. Hering (1896–1898) James McWeeney (1899) Pat O'Dea (1900–1901) James Farragher (1902–1903) Louis J. Salmon (1904) Henry J. McGlew (1905) Thomas A. Barry (1906–1907) Victor M. Place (1908) Frank Longman (1909–1910) John L. Marks (1911–1912) Jesse Harper (1913–1917) Knute Rockne (1918–1930) Heartley Anderson (1931–1933) Elmer Layden (1934–1940) Frank Leahy (1941–1943) Edward McKeever (1944) Hugh Devore (1945) Frank Leahy (1946–1953) Terry Brennan (1954–1958) Joe Kuharich (1959–1962) Hugh Devore (1963) Ara Parseghian (1964–1974) Dan Devine (1975–1980) Gerry Faust (1981–1985) Lou Holtz (1986–1996) Bob Davie (1997–2001) Tyrone Willingham (2002–2004) Kent Baer # (2004) Charlie Weis (2005–2009) Brian Kelly (2010– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball head coaches

Frank E. Hering (1898)
J. Fred Powers (1899)
No team (1899–1907)
Bertram Maris (1907–1912)
Bill Nelson (1912–1913)
Jesse Harper (1913–1918)
Gus Dorais (1918–1920)
Walter Halas (1920–1923)
George Keogan (1923–1943)
Moose Krause (1943–1944)
Clem Crowe (1944–1945)
Elmer Ripley (1945–1946)
Moose Krause (1946–1951)
John Jordan (1951–1964)
John Dee (1964–1971)
Digger Phelps (1971–1991)
John MacLeod (1991–1999)
Matt Doherty (1999–2000)
Mike Brey (2000–)

Notre Dame Fighting Irish head baseball coaches

No coach (1892)
No team (1893)
No coach (1894–1896)
Frank E. Hering (1897–1899)
Charles Stahl (1900)
No coach (1901–1902)
Robert Lynch (1903)
No coach (1904–1905)
Harry Arndt (1906)
Lou Criger (1907)
Harry Curtis (1908–1909)
Ed Smith (1910)
Albert Kelly (1911)
Ed Smith (1912)
Fred Williams (1913)
Jesse Harper (1914–1918)
Gus Dorais (1919–1920)
Walter Halas (1921–1923)
George Keogan (1924–1926)
Tommy Mills (1927–1929)
George Keogan (1930–1933)
Clarence Kline (1934–1975)
Tom Kelly (1976–1980)
Larry Gallo (1981–1987)
Pat Murphy (1988–1994)
Paul Mainieri (1995–2006)
Dave Schrage (2007–2010)
Mik Aoki (2011– )

v t e Notre Dame Fighting Irish athletic directors

Jesse Harper (1913–1917) Knute Rockne (1920–1930) Jesse Harper (1931–1933) Elmer Layden (1934–1940) Hugh Devore (1945) Frank Leahy (1947–1949) Moose Krause (1949–1981) Gene Corrigan (1981–1987) Dick Rosenthal (1987–1995) Mike Wadsworth (1995–2000) Kevin White (2000–2008) Jack Swarbrick (2008– )

Persondata
Name	Harper, Jesse
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	December 10, 1883
Place of birth	Paw Paw, Illinois
Date of death	July 1, 1961
Place of death	Sitka, Kansas

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