Jesse Harper

Jesse Harper
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
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	Chicago
Baseball
1903–1906	Chicago
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906–1907	Alma
1909–1912	Wabash
1913–1917	Notre Dame
Basketball
1910–1913	Wabash
1913–1918	Notre Dame
Baseball
1914–1918	Notre Dame
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1913–1917	Notre Dame
1931–1933	Notre Dame
Head coaching record
Overall	57–17–7 (football) 67–29 (basketball) 61–28 (baseball)

College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1971 (profile)

Jesse Claire Harper (December 10, 1883 – July 1, 1961) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. 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.

Coaching career

Alma

Harper was the head football coach at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. He held that position for the 1906 and 1907 seasons. His coaching record at Alma was 8–3–4.^[1]

Wabash

Harper was the 18th head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and he held that position for four seasons, from 1909 until 1912. His coaching record at Wabash was 15–9–2.^[2]

Notre Dame

Harper is most known for his coaching at the University of Notre Dame.^[3] 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

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.^[4] Harper accompanied Rockne's body on the train from Kansas back to South Bend, Indiana, for the funeral and burial. The University of Notre Dame immediately hired Harper to fill Rockne's role as athletic director,^[5] a position in which remained until 1934, when Elmer Layden became head football coach and athletic director.

Harper was married and had two sons and one daughter.

Head coaching record

Football

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

↑ 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 November 9, 2007.
↑ Cavanaugh, Jack (2010). The Gipper: George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Dramatic Rise of Notre Dame Fotball. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing.
↑ Plumlee, Rick (September 26, 1999). "Kansas Ties To Notre Dame Go Beyond Rockne Crash Scene". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 7, 2014.

External links

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 (1991–2011)
Greg Pscodna (2012– )

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 (2008–2015)
Don Morel (2016– )

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) George O'Leary (2001) Tyrone Willingham (2002–2004) Kent Baer # (2004) Charlie Weis (2005–2009) Brian Kelly (2010–present)

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)
Jack 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– )

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– )

1905 Chicago Maroons football—national champions

Art Badenoch Hugo Bezdek Mark Catlin, Sr. Leo DeTray Walter Eckersall Jesse Harper Hal Mefford Ed Parry Clarence W. Russell Mysterious Walker Head coach: Amos Alonzo Stagg Assistant coach: Frederick A. Speik

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