James N. Ashmore

James Newton Ashmore (November 11, 1878 – April 27, 1944 ) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the State College of Washington (now Washington State University) (1903), Millikin University (1904–1906, 1909–1913), Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) (1907–1908) and DePauw University (1922–1924), compiling a career college football record of 61–46–9. Ashmore was also the head basketball coach at Washington State (1904–1905), Millikin (1905–1907, 1909–1914), the University of Colorado at Boulder (1914–1917), the University of Iowa (1920–1922), DePauw (1923–1924) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1926–1931), tallying a career college basketball mark of 178–117. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Washington State (1904), Millikin (1905–1906, 1910–1914, 1940), Iowa (1920–1922), DePauw (1923–1924) and North Carolina (1927–1931) amassing a career college baseball record of 170–99–6.

Coaching career
Ashmore was the eighth head coach for the Washington State Cougars football team and held the position for the 1903 season. His coaching record at Washington State was 3 wins, 3 losses, and 2 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 23rd at Washington State in total wins and 17th at Washington State in winning percentage (.500).

Ashmore was the head coach at Western Maryland for the 1907 and 1908 seasons. While there, he compiled a 9–8–3 record.