Allen Jeardeau

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Allen Jeardeau

| image = Allen Jeardeau.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Jeardeau in 1897

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|4|1}}

| birth_place = Grant County, Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1900|4|10|1866|4|1}}

| death_place = Grant County, Wisconsin, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1895

| coach_team2 = Platteville Normal

| coach_years3 = 1896–1897

| coach_team3 = LSU

| coach_years4 = 1898

| coach_team4 = Platteville Normal

| coach_sport5 = Baseball

| coach_years6 = 1898

| coach_team6 = LSU

| overall_record = 10–2–1 (football)
2–3 (baseball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
1 SIAA (1896)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Allen Wilson Jeardeau (April 1, 1866 – April 10, 1900) was an American college football and college baseball coach.{{cite book|title=Secretary's ... Report|author=Harvard University. Class of 1896|date=1911|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WyJYAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=June 20, 2015}} He served as the head football coach at the Platteville Normal School—now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville—in 1895 and 1898 and at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1896 to 1897.{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/fb/pdf/17guide.pdf|title=LSU Year-by-Year Records|publisher=lsusports.net|page=107|accessdate=2018-07-29|archive-date=2018-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120040/http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/fb/pdf/17guide.pdf|url-status=dead}} In 1896, his first season with the LSU Tigers, Jeardeau led the team to a 6–0 record and a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship. He was also the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team in 1898.{{cn|date=January 2023}} Jeardeau was a graduate of the Platteville Normal School and a student at Harvard University. He died of pneumonia on April 10, 1900, at his home near Platteville, Wisconsin.{{cite news |title=Allen Jeardeau |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13732936/allen_jeardeau_18661900/ |newspaper=The Daily Tribune |date=April 14, 1900 |page=6 |accessdate=September 13, 2017 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Allen Jeardeau |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2485172/the_centralia_enterprise_and_tribune/

|newspaper=The Centralia Enterprise and Tribune |location=Centralia, Wisconsin |date=April 14, 1900 |page=6 |access-date=May 26, 2015 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Platteville Normal Pioneers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1895

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1895

| name = Platteville Normal

| overall = 3–0–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = LSU Tigers

| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| startyear = 1896

| endyear = 1897

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1896

| name = LSU

| overall = 6–0

| conference = 4–0

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1897

| name = LSU

| overall = 1–1

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = LSU

| overall = 7–1

| confrecord = 4–0

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Platteville Normal Pioneers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1898

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1898

| name = Platteville Normal

| overall = 0–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Platteville Normal

| overall = 3–1–1

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 10–2–1

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = yes

}}

=Baseball=

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = LSU Tigers

| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| startyear = 1898

| endyear = 1898

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1898

| name = LSU

| overall = 2–3

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = LSU

| overall = 2–3 ({{Winning percentage|2|3|0}})

| confrecord =

}}

{{CBB yearly record end

| overall = 2–3 ({{Winning percentage|2|3|0}})

| legend = no

}}

References

Category:1866 births

Category:1900 deaths

Category:LSU Tigers football coaches

Category:LSU Tigers baseball coaches

Category:Wisconsin–Platteville Pioneers football coaches

Category:Harvard University alumni

Category:University of Wisconsin–Platteville alumni

Category:People from Platteville, Wisconsin

Category:Coaches of American football from Wisconsin

Category:Baseball coaches from Wisconsin

Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Wisconsin