Herbert J. McIntire

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| name = Herbert McIntire

| image = File:Herbert J. McIntire c 1903.jpg

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| caption = Herbert J. McIntire c 1903

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|4|6}}

| birth_place = Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|6|28|1875|4|6}}

| death_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

| alma_mater = Springfield College (1897)

| player_years1 = 1895

| player_team1 = Roanoke

| coach_years1 = 1895

| coach_team1 = Roanoke

| coach_years2 = 1897

| coach_team2 = Miami (OH)

| coach_years3 = 1899

| coach_team3 = Roanoke

| coach_years4 = 1899–1900

| coach_team4 = DePauw

| overall_record = 9–12–3

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Herbert Jerome McIntire (April 6, 1875 – June 28, 1948) was an American college football coach in the late 19th century. He served as the head football coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for one season, in 1897, and at Depauw University in Greencastle, Indiana for to seasons, from 1899 to 1900, compiling a career college football coaching record of 9–12–3.

Early life

McIntire was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to parents of German and Dutch descent. He attended the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (now known as Springfield College), where he studied physical education as a member of the Class of 1895.{{Citation | title = The Triangle 1895| publisher = Senior Class of International Young Men's Christian Association Training School | year = 1895| location = Springfield, Mass| pages = 8 & 19| url = https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16122coll9/id/157/rec/5=false }} He left this college for two years and attend Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia,{{Citation | year =1903 | title = Chinook, 1903 (1904 cover date) | publisher = Junior Class of Washington Agriculture and School of Science | publication-place = Pullman Washington | page = 13 | url = https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/chinook/id/7495/rec/4 | access-date = January 17, 2020 }} where he served as a player-coach on the 1895 football squad.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/911523039/|author=|title=H> J. McIntire resigns as captain of football team|newspaper="Roanoke Times|date=November 23, 1895|access-date=July 27, 2023}} He returned to YMCA Training School and graduated in 1897.{{Citation |title = Springfield Training School Commencement |newspaper = Men, A Young Man’s Paper| volume = XXII | issue =61 | publisher = Fleming H. Revell Company | publication-place = Chicago |pages =1180|date = July 10, 1897|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Opf1EXjfIccC&dq=International+Young+Men%E2%80%99s+Christian+Association+Training+School+herbert++mcintire&pg=PA1180 }}

Coaching career

In 1897, while an instructor of physical education, McIntire became the third paid coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In his only year as coach, McIntire posted a record of 2–4–1 with victories over the Nashville Guards and Earlham College. McIntire became the first paid coach to leave Miami with a losing record. After he left, Miami did not hire a football coach for two seasons until Alonzo Edwin Branch was hired for the 1900 season.{{cite web | url= https://miamiredhawks.com/documents/2019/7/15/2019_Football_Media_Guide.pdf | title=Miami 2019 Football Media Guide | publisher= Miami University | access-date= January 13, 2020}}

After leaving Miami, McIntire went to DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he was an instructor of physical culture and coached the school's football team. He coached for two seasons from 1899 to 1900, where he had a record of 7–8–2.{{cite web| url= https://depauwtigers.com/sports/fball/records/alltime_coach_records| title= DePauw Football All-Time Coaches Records (through 2019)| publisher= DePauw University| access-date= January 13, 2020| archive-date= July 4, 2019| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190704034549/https://www.depauwtigers.com/sports/fball/records/alltime_coach_records| url-status= dead}} During the 1899 season McIntire split head coaching duties with Jules H. Ford,{{cite web| url= https://depauwtigers.com/sports/fball/records/year_by_year_wlrecords| title= DePauw Football Year-by-Year Records| publisher= DePauw University| access-date= January 13, 2020| archive-date= January 14, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200114002341/https://depauwtigers.com/sports/fball/records/year_by_year_wlrecords| url-status= dead}} having previously been slated as the head coach at Roanoke College.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/68121770/|newspaper=The Virginian-Pilot|date=September 30, 1899|access-date=July 27, 2023|title=State Notes}} That year, the DePauw team finished 4–5 with a 1–3 record in which McIntire was head coach.{{cite web| url= https://depauwtigers.com/sports/fball/records/fbscore1884-1899| title= DePauw Football Scores: 1884–1899| publisher= DePauw University| access-date= January 13, 2020| archive-date= January 14, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200114002346/https://depauwtigers.com/sports/fball/records/fbscore1884-1899| url-status= dead}} In 1900, McIntire became the sole head coach of the and finished with a 6–5–2 record.{{cite web| url= https://depauwtigers.com/sports/fball/records/fbscore1900_1919| title= DePauw Football Scores: 1900–1919| publisher= DePauw University| access-date= January 13, 2020| archive-date= January 14, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200114002335/https://depauwtigers.com/sports/fball/records/fbscore1900_1919| url-status= dead}} During the 1900s season, McIntire's DePauw team split the two games with rival Wabash College. Earlier in the season, Wabash coach Anthony Chez was able to gain knowledge of DePauw's plays and strategies by pretending to be a Newspaper reporter. Because McIntire and DePauw thought he was a journalist, Chez was permitted to sit on the bench for one of DePauw's games where he gained insight that later helped Wabash to beat DePauw by a score of 6–0.{{cite web| url= https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/21961/| title= A journalist? Chez who, asks Depauw, as coach's prank exposed during 6-0 loss| publisher= DePauw University| access-date= January 13, 2020| archive-date= January 14, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200114002331/https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/21961/| url-status= dead}} Several weeks later, DePauw adjusted its strategy and was able to win the second game that season between the two schools by a score of 26–11.{{cite web | url= https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/21962/ | title= Rematch With Wabash Ends In 26-11 Depauw Triumph| publisher= DePauw University | access-date= January 13, 2020}} The following year McIntire left DePauw and was replaced by the coach that tricked him, Chez.

Later life

In 1901, McIntire left his position at DePauw and joined the faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute as an instructor of physical education. The following year he joined the faculty at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, as the physical director.{{Citation | last =True | first =A.C. | title = Organization Lists of the Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations in the United States| publisher = US Department of Agriculture | year = 1903| pages = 77| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t2pCAAAAIAAJ&dq=herb+J.+McIntire++washington+agricultural+college&pg=RA1-PA77}}{{Citation | last =Bryan | first =R.B. | title = Sixteenth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Washington| publisher = The Metropolitan Press Inc. | year = 1902| location = Seattle, Washington| pages = 127| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZmnpZTfA-E8C&dq=herb+J.+McIntire++washington+agricultural+college&pg=PP135}}

McIntire later practiced as an optometrist in Virginia for 35 years. He died on June 28, 1948, at his home in Richmond, Virginia.{{cite news |author= |title=Dr. McIntire, Optometrist, Dies Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92402843/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=June 28, 1948 |page=26 |access-date=January 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}