J. Norman Elliott

{{Infobox college coach

| name = J. Norman Elliott

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|5|12}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|1|21|1894|5|12}}

| death_place = Normal, Illinois, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Basketball

| player_years2 = 1913–1916

| player_team2 = Illinois Wesleyan

| player_sport3 = Baseball

| player_years4 = 1917

| player_team4 = Bloomington Bloomers

| player_positions = Pitcher

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1917–1919

| coach_team2 = Northwestern (freshmen)

| coach_years3 = 1930

| coach_team3 = Illinois Wesleyan (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1931–1934

| coach_team4 = Illinois Wesleyan

| coach_sport5 = Basketball

| coach_years6 = 1917–1918

| coach_team6 = Northwestern

| coach_years7 = 1919–1920

| coach_team7 = Northwestern

| overall_record = 19–11–4 (football)
10–11 (basketball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
2 IIAC (1932–1933)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Joseph Norman Elliott (May 12, 1894 – January 21, 1959) was an American college football and college basketball coach, minor league baseball player, and otolaryngologist. Elliott served two seasons as the head basketball coach at Northwestern University, in 1917–18 and 1919–20, compiling a record of 10–11. He also coached freshmen football at Northwestern during that time. Elliott moved to Illinois Wesleyan University in 1930 as an assistant football coach and was the head football coach there from 1931 to 1934, tallying a mark of 19–11–4. Elliott attended Illinois Wesleyan, where he was captain of the basketball team in 1913–14 and 1915–16.{{cite news |author= |title=Illinois Wesleyan Signs Elliott as Head Grid Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22367920/chicago_tribune/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |date=April 22, 1931 |page=23 |access-date=July 31, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite web|url=http://sun.iwu.edu/~iwunews/menssports/basketball/mbbrec07.html|title=Men's Basketball Records|publisher=iwu.edu|access-date=July 30, 2018}} He played baseball with the Bloomington Bloomers of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in 1917.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=elliot001nor|title=Norman Elliott|publisher=Baseball-Reference|access-date=July 10, 2018}} Elliott graduated from Northwestern University Medical School—now known as the Feinberg School of Medicine—in 1920.{{cite news |author= |title=Elder Succeeds Norman Elliott—Former Wesleyan Star Will Not Be At Northwestern U..|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22369495/the_decatur_daily_review/ |newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |location=Decatur, Illinois |date=July 18, 1920 |page=6 |access-date=July 31, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Elliott's sons, Bump Elliott and Pete Elliott, both played college football at the University of Michigan and went on to coaching careers.{{cite news |author= |title=Father of Two Grid Coaches Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22360538/asheville_citizentimes/ |newspaper=Asheville Citizen-Times |location=Asheville, North Carolina |agency=Associated Press |date=January 22, 1959 |page=20 |access-date=July 31, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}