James B. Modesitt

American football and baseball coach

James B. Modesitt

Biographical details
Born| (1875-11-24)November 24, 1875
Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Died| September 13, 1946(1946-09-13) (aged 70)
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1898–1899| Wabash
Baseball
1899| Wabash
Head coaching record
Overall| 3–5–2 (football)
2–6 (baseball)

James Bert Modesitt (November 24, 1875 – September 13, 1946)[1][2] was an American football and baseball coach. He was the 12th head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, serving for two seasons, from 1898 to 1899, and compiling a record of 3–5–2. Modesitt was the first coach at Wabash to hold the post for more than one season.[3] Modesitt was also the head baseball coach at Wabash in 1899, tallying a mark of 2–6.

## Head coaching record

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### Football

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Wabash (Independent) (1898–1899)
1898 | Wabash  | 2–5–1 |  |  |
1899 | Wabash  | 1–0–1 |  |  |
Wabash: | 3–5–2 |  |
Total: | 3–5–2 |

## References

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1. ^ "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994," James Modesitt, 1946". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
2. ^ "Dr. Modesitt Dead in South". The Milwaukee Journal. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 14, 1946. p. 3. Retrieved September 4, 2012 - via Google News.
3. ^ "Wabash College coaching records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2012.

## External links

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* James B. Modesitt at Find a Grave

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Wabash Little Giants head football coaches

* Edwin R. Taber (1884)
* No team (1885)
* Evans Woollen (1886)
* William K. Martin (1887)
* No team (1888)
* C. Sherman King (1889)
* Robert A. King (1890)
* Mason B. Thomas (1891)
* William C. Malley (1892)
* Elmer G. Horton (1893)
* A. Vernon Randall (1894)
* Franklin D. Arms (1895)
* Frank M. Gould (1896)
* No team (1897)
* James B. Modesitt (1898–1899)
* Anthony Chez (1900)
* Frederick Feil (1901)
* Ebin Wilson (1902–1903)
* Frank Cayou (1904–1907)
* Ralph Jones (1908)
* Jesse Harper (1909–1912)
* Clarence H. Thurber (1913–1914)
* Paul Sheeks (1915–1916)
* J. Russell Townsend (1917–1918)
* Robert E. Vaughan (1919–1945)
* Glen Harmeson (1946–1950)
* Garland Frazier (1951–1960)
* Kenneth W. Keuffel (1961–1966)
* Max Urick (1967–1970)
* Dick Bowman (1971–1973)
* Frank Navarro (1974–1977)
* Stan Parrish (1978–1982)
* Greg Carlson (1983–2000)
* Chris Creighton (2001–2007)
* Erik Raeburn (2008–2015)
* Don Morel (2016–2019)
* No team (2020)
* Don Morel (2021–2024)
* Jake Gilbert (2025– )

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