J. McAdoo Keaton
{{Short description|American sports coach (1899–1968)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = J. McAdoo Keaton
| image = McAdoo Keaton.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Keaton pictured in The Lasso 1936, Howard Payne yearbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|6|11}}
| birth_place = Tennessee, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|7|10|1899|6|11}}
| death_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1920–1921
| player_team2 = Howard Payne
| player_positions = Tackle
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1928–1934
| coach_team2 = Howard Payne (line)
| coach_years3 = 1935–1942
| coach_team3 = Howard Payne
| coach_years4 = 1945–?
| coach_team4 = SMU (line)
| coach_sport5 = Basketball
| coach_years6 = 1935–1943
| coach_team6 = Howard Payne
| coach_sport7 = Track
| coach_years8 = ?–1964
| coach_team8 = SMU
| overall_record = 53–19–8 (football)
95–64 (basketball)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
6 Texas Conference (1936–1938, 1940–1942)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
James McAdoo Keaton (June 11, 1899 – July 10, 1968) was an American football, basketball, and track coach. He was the fourth head football coach at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, serving for eight seasons, from 1935 to 1942, and compiling a record of 53–19–8.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/asc/howard_payne/coaching_records.php Howard Payne University coaching records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905231010/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/asc/howard_payne/coaching_records.php |date=September 5, 2008 }} Keaton also served as the head basketball coach at Howard Payne from 1935 to 1943, tallying a mark of 95–64.
Keaton was born in Tennessee and moved with his family at the age of five to Texas. He attended high school in Temple, Texas and played college football at Howard Payne. In 1945 Keaton joined the football coaching staff as line coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He later became track coach at SMU. Keaton died following a cerebral hemorrhage on July 10, 1968, at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas.{{cite news |author= |title=James McAdoo Keaton...Ex-SMU Coach Dies—Services Set for Former SMU Mentor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22028753/lubbock_avalanchejournal/ |newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |location=Lubbock, Texas |agency=Associated Press |date=July 11, 1968 |page=59 |access-date=July 20, 2018 |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 = Howard Payne Yellow Jackets
| conf = Texas Conference
| startyear = 1935
| endyear = 1942
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1935
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 5–2–3
| conference = 3–1–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1936
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 7–2–1
| conference = 5–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1937
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 8–1–1
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1938
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 7–3–1
| conference = 6–0–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 5–4–1
| conference = 4–2–1
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1940
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1941
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 8–1–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1942
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 53–19–8
| confrecord = 40–4–6
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 53–19–8
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|82193233}}
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