John A. Warren

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John Warren

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball, track
Biographical details
Born	(1904-11-10)November 10, 1904 La Grande, Oregon
Died	March 10, 1981(1981-03-10) (aged 76) Los Angeles, California
Playing career
Football 1926–1927	Oregon
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1936–1941 1942 Basketball 1944–1945 1947–1951	Oregon (freshmen) Oregon Oregon Oregon
Head coaching record
Overall	2–6 (football) 87–76 (basketball)
Tournaments	1–1 (NCAA)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Basketball 1 PCC (1945)

John Albert "Honest John"^[1] Warren (November 10, 1904 – March 10, 1981) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, baseball, and track. He served as the head football coach the University of Oregon for one season in 1942, tallying a mark of 2–6, and as the head basketball coach at Oregon for five seasons (1944–1945, 1947–1951), compiling a record of 87–76.

Early life and coaching career

Warren was born in La Grande, Oregon and was raised on a farm near Helix, Oregon. He played on the Oregon Ducks football team in 1926 and 1927.

Warren coached high school basketball at Astoria High School, leading the Fishermen and its two stars Bobby Anet and Wally Johansen to two consecutive state championships in 1934 and 1935.^[2] In 1935, Warren was hired as the freshman basketball coach at the University of Oregon, where he coached Johansen and Anet who had enrolled at the school. Four years later, Johansen and Anet were the core of Oregon's 1939 national championship team.^[3]

Death

Warren died in Los Angeles on March 10, 1981 after suffering a heart attack while on vacation in Mexico.^[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Oregon Ducks (Pacific Coast Conference) (1942)
1942	Oregon	2–6	2–5	8th
Oregon:		2–6	2–5
Total:		2–6

Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Oregon Ducks (Pacific Coast Conference) (1944–1945)
1944–45	Oregon	30–15	11–5	T–1st (North)	NCAA Regional Third Place
Oregon Ducks (Pacific Coast Conference) (1947–1951)
1947–48	Oregon	18–11	8–8	4th (North)
1948–49	Oregon	12–18	7–9	T–3rd (North)
1949–50	Oregon	9–19	6–10	5th (North)
1950–51	Oregon	18–13	10–6	2nd (North)
Oregon:		87–76	42–38
Total:		87–76
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

References

↑ "John Warren". University of Oregon. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
↑ "Tall Firs' captain dies in Portland". Eugene Register-Guard. July 25, 1981. pp. B1–B2. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
↑ Wadsworth, Lois (March 4, 2004). "Hometown History: local sports champions". Eugene Weekly. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
↑ UPI (March 11, 1981). "Legendary John Warren dies in LA". The Bulletin. Retrieved December 7, 2010.

External links

University of Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame profile
John Warren at the College Football Data Warehouse
John Warren at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Oregon Ducks head football coaches

Cal Young & J. A. Church (1894)
Percy Benson (1895)
J. F. Frick (1896)
Joe Smith (1897)
Frank Simpson (1898–1899)
Lawrence Kaarsberg (1900)
Warren W. Smith (1901)
Marion Dolph (1902)
Warren W. Smith (1903)
Richard Shore Smith (1904)
Bruce Shorts (1905)
Hugo Bezdek (1906)
Gordon Frost (1907)
Robert Forbes (1908–1909)
Bill Warner (1910–1911)
Louis Pinkham (1912)
Hugo Bezdek (1913–1917)
Charles A. Huntington (1918–1923)
Joe Maddock (1924)
Richard Shore Smith (1925)
John McEwan (1926–1929)
Clarence Spears (1930–1931)
Prink Callison (1932–1937)
Tex Oliver (1938–1941)
John A. Warren (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Tex Oliver (1945–1946)
Jim Aiken (1947–1950)
Len Casanova (1951–1966)
Jerry Frei (1967–1971)
Dick Enright (1972–1973)
Don Read (1974–1976)
Rich Brooks (1977–1994)
Mike Bellotti (1995–2008)
Chip Kelly (2009–2012)
Mark Helfrich (2013– )

Oregon Ducks men's basketball head coaches

Charles Burden (1902–1904)
No team (1904–1905)
Walter Winslow (1906)
Hugo Bezdek (1907)
Charles Murphy (1907–1908)
No team (1908–1909)
Bill Hayward (1909–1913)
Hugo Bezdek (1914–1915)
No team (1915–1916)
Hugo Bezdek (1917)
Bill Hayward (1918)
Dean Walker (1919)
Charles A. Huntington (1920)
George Bohler (1921–1923)
William Reinhart (1923–1935)
Howard Hobson (1935–1944)
John A. Warren (1944–1945)
Howard Hobson (1945–1947)
John A. Warren (1947–1951)
Bill Borcher (1951–1956)
Steve Belko (1956–1971)
Dick Harter (1971–1978)
Jim Haney (1978–1983)
Don Monson (1983–1992)
Jerry Green (1992–1997)
Ernie Kent (1997–2010)
Dana Altman (2010– )

Persondata
Name	Warren, John A.
Alternative names	Warren, John Albert
Short description	American football player and coach, basketball coach
Date of birth	November 10, 1904
Place of birth	La Grande, Oregon
Date of death	March 10, 1981
Place of death	Los Angeles, California

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