John M. Reed

{{Short description|American sports coach}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = John M. Reed

| image = John M. Reed.png

| alt =

| caption = Reed pictured in the Pittsburgh Daily Post, 1906

| birth_date = {{Circa|1881}}

| birth_place = Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date|1934|4|18}} (aged 52)

| death_place = Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1904

| player_team2 = Holy Cross

| player_positions = Fullback

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1905

| coach_team2 = Alfred

| coach_years3 = 1906–1909

| coach_team3 = Niagara

| coach_years4 = 1910–1914

| coach_team4 = St. Lawrence

| coach_years5 = 1915

| coach_team5 = Franklin & Marshall

| coach_years6 = 1916–1919

| coach_team6 = RPI

| coach_years7 = 1920–1924

| coach_team7 = Clarkson

| coach_years8 = 1925–1933

| coach_team8 = Holy Cross (freshmen)

| coach_sport9 = Basketball

| coach_years10 = 1906–1908

| coach_team10 = Niagara

| coach_years11 = 1925–1931

| coach_team11 = Holy Cross

| coach_sport12 = Baseball

| coach_years13 = 1916

| coach_team13 = Franklin & Marshall

| overall_record = 46–54–9 (football)
60–41 (basketball)
3–10 (basketball)

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John M. Reed ({{Circa|1881}} – April 18, 1934) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He held that position for the 1915 season. His coaching record at Franklin & Marshall was 6–2.{{Cite web

|last=DeLassus

|first=David

|title=Franklin & Marshall Coaching Records

|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse

|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/centennial/franklin_marshall/coaching_records.php

|access-date=April 9, 2011

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121025504/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/centennial/franklin_marshall/coaching_records.php

|archive-date=November 21, 2010

}} Reed also coached at St. Lawrence University in 1914{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omLzAAAAMAAJ&q=renssalear&pg=PA302|title=The Official Football Guide|year=1915|publisher=NCAA|access-date=March 9, 2018}} and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1916 to 1919.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19181nati#page/226/mode/2up/search/Reed|title=The Official Football Guide|year=1918|publisher=NCAA|access-date=March 9, 2018}} Reed coached the Niagara University men's basketball team from 1906 to 1908{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%208/Niagara%20Falls%20NY%20Gazette/Niagara%20Falls%20NY%20Gazette%201954%20May-Jun%20Grayscale/Niagara%20Falls%20NY%20Gazette%201954%20May-Jun%20Grayscale%20-%200092.pdf|title=Pastimes Circuit Arranged for High Schools|work=Niagara Falls Gazette|date=May 17, 1954|access-date=March 13, 2018}} as well as their football team.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ggiAAAAMAAJ&q=jack+reed%2C+niagara+football&pg=PA9|title=Niagara Index|year=1908|publisher=Niagara University|access-date=March 13, 2018}}

Reed was born in Middletown, Connecticut. He died at the age of 52, on April 18, 1934, in Worcester, Massachusetts.{{cite news |author= |title=Reed, Former Holy Cross Coach, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18276599/hartford_courant/ |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |agency=Associated Press |date=April 19, 1934 |page=17 |access-date=March 13, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Alfred Saxons

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1905

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1905

| name = Alfred

| overall = 3–5

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Alfred

| overall = 3–5

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Niagara Purple Eagles

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1906

| endyear = 1907

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1906

| name = Niagara

| overall = 4–2–2

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1907

| name = Niagara

| overall = 3–3–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Niagara

| overall = 7–5–3

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}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = St. Lawrence Saints

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1911

| endyear = 1914

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1911

| name = St. Lawrence

| overall = 3–2

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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| championship =

| year = 1912

| name = St. Lawrence

| overall = 1–4

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1913

| name = St. Lawrence

| overall = 1–4–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1914

| name = St. Lawrence

| overall = 1–4

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = St. Lawrence

| overall = 6–14–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Franklin & Marshall

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1915

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1915

| name = Franklin & Marshall

| overall = 6–2

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Franklin & Marshall

| overall = 6–2

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = RPI Engineers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1916

| endyear = 1919

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1916

| name = RPI

| overall = 3–6

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1917

| name = RPI

| overall = 3–4

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1918

| name = RPI

| overall = 1–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1919

| name = RPI

| overall = 3–4–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = RPI

| overall = 9–15–1

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Clarkson Golden Knights

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1921

| endyear = 1924

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1921

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 4–4–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1922

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 5–3

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1923

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 2–4–2

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1924

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 4–2–1

| conference =

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| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Clarkson

| overall = 15–13–4

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 46–54–9

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

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