Jim Sweeney (American football, born 1929)

For the offensive lineman and coach, see Jim Sweeney (American football, born 1962).

Jim Sweeney
Biographical details
Born(1929-09-01)September 1, 1929
Butte, Montana, U.S.
DiedFebruary 8, 2013(2013-02-08) (aged 83)
Fresno, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Portland (1951)
Playing career
1947–1949Portland
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950Portland Columbia HS (OR) (assistant)
1951Butte Central Catholic HS (MT) (assistant)
1952–1955Butte Central Catholic HS (MT)
1956–1959Kalispell Flathead HS (MT)
1960–1962Montana State (assistant)
1963–1967Montana State
1968–1975Washington State
1976–1977Fresno State
1978Oakland Raiders (assistant)
1979St. Louis Cardinals (assistant)
1980–1996Fresno State
Head coaching record
Overall201–153–4 (college)
Bowls6–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Big Sky (1964, 1966–1967)
6 PCAA/Big West
(1977, 1982, 1985, 1988–1989, 1991)
2 WAC (1992–1993)

James Joseph Sweeney (September 1, 1929 – February 8, 2013) was an American college football coach who was the head coach at Montana State University (1963–1967), Washington State University (1968–1975), and California State University, Fresno (1976–1977, 1980–1996), compiling a career college football record of 201–153–4 (.567). Sweeney's 144 wins at Fresno State are the most in the program's history. He was also an assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played in college as an end for the Portland Pilots.

Early years

Born in Butte, Montana, Sweeney was the youngest of seven children of Will and Kate Sweeney; his father was a hard-rock miner who emigrated from Ireland.[1][2] As a youth in Butte, he was a top pitcher and outfielder in baseball, and graduated from Butte Central Catholic High School in 1947.[3]

Sweeney played college football as an end at the University of Portland in Oregon, and graduated in 1951.[4][5] After his junior year, the school dropped football as an intercollegiate sport, and Sweeney spent his senior season of 1950 as a high school coach at Columbia High School in Portland.[6]

Coaching career

Following graduation, Sweeney returned to Montana and was a high school assistant at his alma mater, Butte Central, for a season. He was its head coach from 1952 to 1955, then at Flathead High School in Kalispell from 1956 to 1959.[7] Sweeney moved up to the college ranks in 1960 as an assistant coach at Montana State in Bozeman under Herb Agocs, and was promoted to head coach in 1963.[8] He compiled a 31–20 (.608) record and three Big Sky Conference championships in his five seasons with the Bobcats, where one of his starting quarterbacks was Dennis Erickson.[9] Sweeney's salary at MSU in 1967 was $15,000.[7]

At Montana State, Sweeney is credited with convincing Jan Stenerud, a Norwegian on a ski jumping scholarship (three-time Big Sky champion), to go out for the football team as a kicker.[10] Stenerud went on to become the only "pure" kicker inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[4][11]

After his success in Bozeman, Sweeney moved up to the Pac-8 Conference at Washington State in Pullman,[7] where he started with a one-year contract at $20,000 in 1968.[12][13] He had only one winning season (1972) and compiled a 26–59–1 (.308) record in eight seasons.[14][15] His team's most noteworthy accomplishment was the defeat of Rose Bowl-bound Stanford in 1971 to garner him NCAA District 8 Coach of the Year honors.[16] One of his notable hires in Pullman was WSU alumnus Jack Elway, father of future hall of fame quarterback John Elway. After a disappointing conclusion to the 1975 season (winless in conference), Sweeney resigned at WSU a week after the season ended.[17][18][19]

Promptly hired at Fresno State,[20][21][22][23] Sweeney led the Bulldogs for two seasons before becoming a National Football League (NFL) assistant for two years. He spent the 1978 season with the Oakland Raiders in John Madden's final season,[24] and the 1979 season with the St. Louis Cardinals under Bud Wilkinson, who was fired before the season's end. Sweeney returned to Fresno State as head coach in December 1979 for 17 more seasons;[25] he compiled a 144–74–3 (.658) record and eight conference championships (PCAA/Big West and WAC) in 19 seasons.[26][27] Sweeney retired from coaching following the 1996 season with 201 wins in 32 seasons. He was most proud of the 1977 team (9–2), and credited them as the "stadium builders", because their success got the local community motivated to fund and construct Bulldog Stadium,[9] which opened in 1980.

Personal life

Sweeney was the father of nine children: Jim, Peggy, Sheila, Carol, Mary Lou (Dion), Daniel, Colline, Patty (Negrete), and Kevin Sweeney, whom he coached at Fresno State.[1][28] His wife and mother of all his children, Lucille (Cile) Carollo Sweeney, was his high school sweetheart from Butte; she died at age 57 in 1988 from an intracranial hemorrhage.[29][30] He later married June Sweeney and they resided in Fresno. Two of his grandsons played Pac-10 football: Nate Fellner at Washington and Kyle Negrete at USC. Sweeney's grandson, Beau, played at California before transferring in 2011.

Sweeney died in Fresno in 2013 at age 83.[31] He and his wife had recently moved to a senior living home due to his failing health, which included a stay at St. Agnes Medical Center.

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Montana State Bobcats (Big Sky Conference) (1963–1967)[32]
1963 Montana State 6–3 2–1 2nd
1964 Montana State 7–4 3–0 1st W Camellia
1965 Montana State 3–7 1–3 T–4th
1966 Montana State 8–3 4–0 1st L Camellia
1967 Montana State 7–3 4–0 1st
Montana State: 31–20 14–4
Washington State Cougars (Pacific-8 Conference) (1968–1975)
1968 Washington State 3–6–1 1–3–1 7th
1969 Washington State 1–9 0–7 8th
1970 Washington State 1–10 0–7 8th
1971 Washington State 4–7 2–5 7th
1972 Washington State 7–4 4–3 T–3rd T–17 19
1973 Washington State 5–6 4–3 4th
1974 Washington State 2–9 1–6 7th
1975 Washington State 3–8 0–7 8th
Washington State: 26–59–1 12–41–1
Fresno State Bulldogs (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1976–1977)
1976 Fresno State 6–5* 3–1 2nd
1977 Fresno State 9–2 4–0 1st
Fresno State Bulldogs (Pacific Coast Athletic Association / Big West Conference) (1980–1991)
1980 Fresno State 5–6 1–4 T–4th
1981 Fresno State 5–6 2–3 T–3rd
1982 Fresno State 11–1 6–0 1st W California
1983 Fresno State 6–5 2–4 6th
1984 Fresno State 6–6 3–4 T–4th
1985 Fresno State 11–0–1 7–0 1st W California 16
1986 Fresno State 9–2 6–1 2nd
1987 Fresno State 6–5 4–3 T–2nd
1988 Fresno State 10–2 7–0 1st W California
1989 Fresno State 11–1 7–0 1st W California
1990 Fresno State 8–2–1 5–1–1 T–2nd
1991 Fresno State 10–2 6–1 1st L California
Fresno State Bulldogs (Western Athletic Conference) (1992–1996)
1992 Fresno State 9–4 6–2 T–1st W Freedom 22 24
1993 Fresno State 8–4 6–2 T–1st L Aloha
1994 Fresno State 5–7–1 3–4–1 7th
1995 Fresno State 5–7 2–6 T–7th
1996 Fresno State 4–7 3–5 T–5th (Pacific)
Fresno State: 144–74–3 83–41–2 *Includes forfeit by Louisiana–Lafayette
Total: 201–153–4
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Olderman, Murray (November 7, 1986). "Family affair at Fresno State". Nevada Daily Mail. (Nevada, Missouri). NEA. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Passings: Jim Sweeney". Los Angeles Times. February 10, 2013. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  3. ^ Calcaterra, John (January 6, 1968). "Sweeney showed baseball talent". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 13.
  4. ^ a b "Coaching Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 384. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  5. ^ Caraher, Pat (November 10, 1968). "Cougar defense keyed on run, not pass". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  6. ^ Uptagrafft, Michael (October 21, 1971). "Sweeney gets coaching honor". The Times-News. (Hendersonville, North Carolina). UPI. p. 9.
  7. ^ a b c "Sweeney new head football coach at Washington State University". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). January 6, 1968. p. 9.
  8. ^ "Sweeney says he'll stay". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 14, 1973. p. 21.
  9. ^ a b Bigham, Joe (October 31, 1996). "Sweeney starting to reminisce". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 3B.
  10. ^ Putnam, Pat (November 4, 1968). "Big Kick Out Of A Strange Game". Sports Illustrated. p. 74.
  11. ^ "All-Time Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  12. ^ Missildine, Harry (January 6, 1968). "New WSU coach Sweeney faces task with optimism". Spokesman-Review. p. 10.
  13. ^ "Omen indicates fortune of Cougars may brighten". Spokane Daily Chronicle. January 6, 1968. p. 13.
  14. ^ "Washington State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2008.
  15. ^ "Pacific-10 Conference Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2008.
  16. ^ Witter, Steve (June 20, 2002). "The Swingin' Seventies". Scout.com. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  17. ^ "Sweeney uses option, quits as WSU boss". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. December 1, 1975. p. 1B.
  18. ^ Missildine, Harry (December 1, 1975). "Cougar coach Jim Sweeney resigns". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 14.
  19. ^ "Cougar coach Jim Sweeney calls it quits". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). Associated Press. December 1, 1975. p. 10.
  20. ^ Derrick, Merle (December 9, 1975). "Sweeney takes Fresno post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 31.
  21. ^ Missildine, Harry (December 10, 1975). "Sweeney to Fresno". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
  22. ^ "Sweeney goes south". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 10, 1975. p. 2D.
  23. ^ "Jim Sweeney named Fresno State coach". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. Associated Press. December 10, 1975. p. 12.
  24. ^ "Sweeney quits Raiders or was he dismissed?". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. February 21, 1979. p. 4B.
  25. ^ "Sweeney's back in Fresno post". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 20, 1979. p. 35.
  26. ^ Fresno State Football Media Guide
  27. ^ Western Athletic Conference Football Media Guide
  28. ^ She's the Signal Caller Father, Son Answer To, Washington Post, Wednesday, August 27, 2008; Page J05
  29. ^ "Ex-Cougar coach's wife dies in Fresno". Spokane Chronicle. wire services. May 5, 1988. p. C3.
  30. ^ Missildine, Harry (May 5, 1988). "Lucille Sweeney; great lady". Idahonian. Moscow, Idaho. p. 9A.
  31. ^ "Jim Sweeney dies at 83". ESPN. February 9, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  32. ^ "Jim Sweeney". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 1, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.

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