Jimmy DeHart
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1893–1935)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = James DeHart
| image = James DeHart, Chanticleer 1927 page 131.jpg
| alt =
| caption = DeHart circa 1927
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|8|25}}
| birth_place = Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, U.S.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxrlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22James+DeHart%22|title=Athletic Journal|year=1934}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|3|4|1893|8|25}}
| death_place = Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1914–1916
| player_team2 = Pittsburgh
| player_years3 = 1918
| player_team3 = Pittsburgh
| player_sport4 = Basketball
| player_years5 = 1915–1917
| player_team5 = Pittsburgh
| player_positions = Quarterback (football)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1920–1921
| coach_team2 = Georgia (backfield)
| coach_years3 = 1922–1925
| coach_team3 = Washington and Lee
| coach_years4 = 1926–1930
| coach_team4 = Duke
| coach_years5 = 1931–1932
| coach_team5 = Washington and Lee
| overall_record = 51–50–6
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 SoCon (1923)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
James DeHart (August 25, 1893 – March 4, 1935) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Washington and Lee University from 1922 to 1925 and again from 1931 to 1932 and at Duke University from 1926 to 1930, compiling a career college football record of 51–50–6. In 1935, he signed a contract to become the head coach at Southwestern University—now known as Rhodes College—in Memphis, Tennessee, but fell ill and died while relocating.{{Cite news |date=1935-03-03 |title=Jimmy DeHart Fights Battle |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rkUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rcoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2339,273405 |access-date=2024-11-16 |work=Herald-Journal |pages=19 |via=Google News Archive |agency=Associated Press}} DeHart attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he played football for the Panthers from 1914 to 1916 and in 1918. Hailed as a "star", he played quarterback under head coach Pop Warner and led the 1916 team to an undefeated season.2010 Pittsburgh Football Media Guide, p. 179, University of Pittsburgh, 2010.{{Cite news |last=Brietz |first=Eddie |date=1929-09-17 |title=Plenty Sophs on Duke Squad Enliven Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news-plenty-sophs-on-duke-squa/159145677/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |work=The Miami News |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}} He also earned letters in basketball, baseball, and track at Pittsburgh.{{Cite news |date=1935-03-05 |title=Jimmy DeHart, Noted Grid Mentor, Passes |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IfxPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6FQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1711%2C2653754 |access-date=2024-11-16 |work=The Evening Independent |page=Four-A |agency=Associated Press}} DeHart put his college education on hiatus to serve in the United States Army during World War I. As a lieutenant in the Aviation Section, he coached a service team at Mather Field. He returned to Pittsburgh after his time in the Army. After graduation, he coached the backfield at the University of Georgia from 1920 to 1921.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Washington and Lee Generals
| conf = Southern Conference
| startyear = 1922
| endyear = 1925
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1922
| name = Washington and Lee
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = T–11th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1923
| name = Washington and Lee
| overall = 6–2–1
| conference = 4–0–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1924
| name = Washington and Lee
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 4–1–1
| confstanding = 5th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1925
| name = Washington and Lee
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Duke Blue Devils
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1926
| endyear = 1927
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1926
| name = Duke
| overall = 3–6
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1927
| name = Duke
| overall = 4–5
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Duke Blue Devils
| conf = Southern Conference
| startyear = 1928
| endyear = 1930
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1928
| name = Duke
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 1–1
| confstanding = T–10th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = Duke
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = Duke
| overall = 8–1–2
| conference = 4–1–1
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Duke
| overall = 24–23–2
| confrecord = 7–3–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Washington and Lee Generals
| conf = Southern Conference
| startyear = 1931
| endyear = 1932
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1931
| name = Washington and Lee
| overall = 4–5–1
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 14th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1932
| name = Washington and Lee
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = T–18th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Washington and Lee
| overall = 27–27–4
| confrecord = 17–11–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 51–50–6
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
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See also
References
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External links
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