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American football and basketball coach (1911–1983)

James W. Dunn
Biographical details
Dunn pictured in The Cauldron 1938, Northeastern yearbook
Born	(1911-10-16)October 16, 1911 Grove City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	April 9, 1983(1983-04-09) (aged 71) Kennebunk, Maine, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1930	Western Maryland

Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1935–1936	Harvard (assistant)
1937–1941	Northeastern
1946	Lafayette (backfield)
1947	Brown (backfield)
Basketball
1937–1942	Northeastern

Head coaching record
Overall	13–21–2 (football) 26–58 (basketball)

James William Dunn (October 16, 1911 – April 9, 1983) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Northeastern University from 1937 to 1941, compiling a record of 13–21–2 record. Dunn was also head basketball coach at Northeastern from 1937 to 1942, tallying a mark of 26–58.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Northeastern Huskies (Independent) (1937)
1937	Northeastern	4–3
Northeastern Huskies (New England Conference) (1938–1941)
1938	Northeastern	3–3–1	0–0	4th
1939	Northeastern	0–6–1	0–2	5th
1940	Northeastern	2–6	0–1	5th
1941	Northeastern	4–3	0–1	4th
Northeastern:		13–21–2	0–4
Total:		13–21–2

References

"James Dunn, 71, Coaches Football; At Northeastern, Yale and Brown". Boston Globe. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. April 10, 1983. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

External links

James W. Dunn at Find a Grave

v t e Northeastern Huskies head football coaches
Alfred McCoy (1933–1936) James W. Dunn (1937–1941) Foxy Flumere (1942) No team (1943–1945) William Grinnell (1946–1947) Joe Zabilski (1948–1971) Robert Lyons (1972–1980) Paul Pawlak (1981–1990) Barry Gallup (1991–1999) Don Brown (2000–2003) Rocky Hager (2004–2009)

v t e Northeastern Huskies men's basketball head coaches
Charles Foster (1920–1921) Maddison Jeffrey (1921–1923) Rufus Bond (1923–1929) Alfred McCoy (1929–1937) James W. Dunn (1937–1942) Foxy Flumere (1942–1945) Eugene Pare (1945–1946) William Grinnell (1946–1948) Joe Zabilski (1948–1958) Dick Dukeshire (1958–1971) Jim Bowman (1971–1972) Jim Calhoun (1972–1986) Karl Fogel (1986–1994) Dave Leitao (1994–1996) Rudy Keeling (1996–2001) Ron Everhart (2001–2006) Bill Coen (2006– )

Northeastern Huskies men's basketball head coaches

Charles Foster (1920–1921)
Maddison Jeffrey (1921–1923)
Rufus Bond (1923–1929)
Alfred McCoy (1929–1937)
James W. Dunn (1937–1942)
Foxy Flumere (1942–1945)
Eugene Pare (1945–1946)
William Grinnell (1946–1948)
Joe Zabilski (1948–1958)
Dick Dukeshire (1958–1971)
Jim Bowman (1971–1972)
Jim Calhoun (1972–1986)
Karl Fogel (1986–1994)
Dave Leitao (1994–1996)
Rudy Keeling (1996–2001)
Ron Everhart (2001–2006)
Bill Coen (2006– )

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