N. M. Jorgensen
American football administrator
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1909-10-23)October 23, 1909 Ucon, Idaho, U.S. |
Died | January 11, 1988(1988-01-11) (aged 78) Greenville, North Carolina, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1939–1940 | Defiance |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1947–1963 | East Carolina |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–11–1 |
Nephi Moroni Jorgensen (October 23, 1909 – January 11, 1988) was an American football coach and college athletic administrator.[1] He served as the head football coach at Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio from 1939 to 1940. In 1947 Dr. Jorgensen became the first athletic director at East Carolina Teachers College, which later became East Carolina University .He served in this position until 1963.[2] He was inducted into the first class of the ECU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1974.[3][4]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Defiance Yellow Jackets (Independent) (1939–1940) | |||||||||
1939 | Defiance | 0–6 | |||||||
1940 | Defiance | 1–5–1 | |||||||
Defiance: | 1–11–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 1–11–1 |
References
- ^ "Nephi M. Jorgensen, Ph.D. 1909-1988: A Big Man". la84 foundation. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ "Dr. Nephi M. Jorgensen To Direct Physical Education Program". The Teco Echo. April 18, 1947. p. 3. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ "ECU Athletics Hall of Fame". East Carolina University Athletics - Official Website. East Carolina University. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ Peele, Woody (May 9, 2005). "Old politics impaired ECU Hall of Fame". Bonesville: The Authoritative Independent Voice of East Carolina. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
External links
- N. M. Jorgensen at Find a Grave
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Defiance Yellow Jackets head football coaches
- Chester A. Darling (1904–1905)
- No team (1906–1913)
- J. D. Kibler (1914)
- George E. Thompson (1915–1916)
- No team (1917–1918)
- Orin E. Snyder (1919)
- Abraham J. Sharadin (1920)
- Charles R. Vanderscoff (1921–1922)
- Ernest R. Miller (1923–1924)
- Paul Mason (1925–1926)
- Emerald B. Wilson (1927–1930)
- Paul R. Lyne (1931)
- Carl Voltmer (1932)
- Gilbert E. Smith (1933–1935)
- Merner Call (1936–1938)
- N. M. Jorgensen (1939–1940)
- Virgil Bingman (1941–1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Larry Schultz (1946–1947)
- Frederic Bennetts (1948–1950)
- Vic Rowen (1951–1953)
- Dick Small (1954–1963)
- Kirk Mee (1964–1966)
- Roger Merb (1967–1970)
- Lance E. Tigyer (1971–1973)
- Gary Shaefer (1979–1984)
- Bob Kuszmaul (1985–1987)
- Malen Luke (1988–1993)
- Ed Stults (1994–1995)
- Greg Pscodna (1996–2002)
- Robert Taylor (2003–2011)
- Brian Sheehan (2012–2015)
- Casey Goff (2016)
- Aaron Mershman (2017)
- Manny Matsakis (2018–2020)
- Earnest Wilson (2021)
- Bill Nickell (2022– )