James Goff
James Frederick "Pim" Goff (May 13, 1912 – February 28, 1980) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was and the 11th head football coach at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—serving for one season in 1945 season and compiling a record of 2–3–2.[1] Goff was the head basketball coach at Millikin University in 1942–1943, at Eastern Illinois from 1944 to 1946, at Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—from 1949 to 1957, and at Quincy College and Seminary—now known as Quincy University, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 168–168. He was also the head baseball coach at Millikin in 1943, tallying a mark of 5–2.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 13, 1912 Normal, Illinois |
| Died | February 28, 1980 (aged 67) Tucson, Arizona |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1930 | Illinois State |
| Basketball | |
| 1930–1934 | Illinois State |
| 1939–1941 | Hammond Ciesar All-Americans |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1934 | Illinois State |
| 1934 | Baton Rouge Red Sticks/Clarksdale Ginners |
| 1934 | San Antonio Missions |
| 1934 | Palestine Pals |
| 1935 | Bloomington Bloomers |
| 1935 | Duluth Dukes |
| 1936–1937 | Davenport Blue Sox |
| 1937 | Fulton Eagles |
| 1938 | Hot Springs Bathers |
| 1938 | Hopkinsville Hoppers |
| 1938–1939 | Bloomington Bloomers |
| 1939 | Thomasville Orioles |
| 1940–1941 | Clinton Giants |
| 1944 | Kansas City Blues |
| Position(s) | Halfback (football) Forward (basketball) Pitcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1942 | Millikin (assistant) |
| 1945 | Eastern Illinois |
| Basketball | |
| 1942–1943 | Millikin |
| 1944–1946 | Eastern Illinois |
| 1949–1957 | Illinois State |
| 1957–1960 | Quincy |
| Baseball | |
| 1943 | Millikin |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–3–2 (football) 168–168 (basketball) 5–2 (baseball) |
Goff, whose hometown was Normal, Illinois,[2] attended Illinois State University, where he lettered in football, tennis, basketball, baseball, and track. He also played professional baseball and professional basketball.[2] He died in 1980 while vacationing in Tucson, Arizona.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Illinois Panthers (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1945) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Eastern Illinois | 2–3–2 | 1–1–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| Eastern Illinois: | 2–3–2 | 1–1–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–3–2 | ||||||||
References
- Eastern Illinois Coaching Records Archived November 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Illinois State Athletics Percy Hall of Fame
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- James Goff at Find a Grave