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John A. Warren
American football player and coach, basketball coach

John A. Warren

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John Albert "Honest John" 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. 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.

Warren founded John Warren Sporting Goods after purchasing a local hardware store in 1951. The store went out of business shortly after his death in 1981.

Death

Warren died in Los Angeles on March 10, 1981 after suffering a heart attack on February 26, 1981 while on vacation in Mexico.

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Oregon Ducks (Pacific Coast Conference) (1942)
1942Oregon2–62–58th
Oregon:2–62–5
Total:2–6

Basketball

SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Oregon Ducks (Pacific Coast Conference) (1944–1945)
1944–45Oregon30–1511–5T–1st (North)NCAA Regional Third Place
Oregon Ducks (Pacific Coast Conference) (1947–1951)
1947–48Oregon18–118–84th (North)
1948–49Oregon12–187–9T–3rd (North)
1949–50Oregon9–196–105th (North)
1950–51Oregon18–1310–62nd (North)
Oregon:87–7642–38
Total:87–76

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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