John Rhodes (coach)

John Rhodes
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, baseball, track
Born	1902
Died	May 24, 1951 (aged 48) Spalding, Nebraska
Playing career
Football
1923–1925	Nebraska
Baseball
1924–1925	Nebraska
Position(s)	Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1926–1927	Nebraska (freshmen)
1928	Nebraska (backs)
1929	Nebraska (freshmen)
1930–1932	Wyoming
1938	Blair HS (NE)
1939	St. Louis Gunners
1941–1942	Blair HS (NE)
Baseball
1929–1930	Nebraska
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1930–1933	Wyoming
Head coaching record
Overall	10–15–2 (college football) 21–12–1 (college baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

John Rupert "Choppy" Rhodes (1902 – May 24, 1951) was an American football and baseball player, track athlete, coach of football and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1930 to 1932, compiling a record of 10–15–2. He was also Wyoming's athletic director at the time. Rhodes played football and baseball and ran track at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was the head baseball coach at his alma mater, Nebraska, from 1929 to 1930, tallying a mark of 21–12–1.

Rhodes was a native of Ansley, Nebraska. He coached high school football at the Blair High School in Blair, Nebraska in 1938, 1941, and 1942.^[1] Rhodes died of a heart ailment on May 24, 1951 at his home in Spalding, Nebraska.^[2]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1930–1932)
1930	Wyoming	2–5–1	1–5–1	10th
1931	Wyoming	6–4	3–2	T–4th
1932	Wyoming	2–6–1	1–4–1	9th
Wyoming:		10–15–2	5–11–2
Total:		10–15–2

References

↑ "1998 Hall of Fame Inductee: John "Choppy" Rhodes". Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
↑ "Ex-Husker Grid Star 'Choppy' Rhodes Dies". The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska). May 26, 1951. p. 11. Retrieved January 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

John Rhodes at the College Football Data Warehouse

Nebraska Cornhuskers head baseball coaches

C. D. Chandler (1889–1891)
Charles Stroman (1892–1893)
Eddie N. Robinson (1897)
F. B. Ryons (1898)
No coach (1899–1900)
Mike Henderson (1901)
George P. Shidler (1902)
No team (1903)
J. H. Bell (1904)
No coach (1905)
S. S. Eager (1906)
No coach (1907–1912)
No team (1913–1918)
Paul J. Schissler (1919–1921)
Owen A. Frank (1922)
Scotty Dye & Earl Carr (1923)
William G. Kline (1924–1925)
No team (1926–1928)
John Rhodes (1929–1930)
William H. Browne (1931)
No team (1932)
W. W. Knight (1933–1941)
Adolph J. Lewandowski (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Frank Smagacz (1946)
Tony Sharpe (1947–1977)
John Sanders (1978–1997)
Dave van Horn (1998–2002)
Mike Anderson (2003–2011)
Darin Erstad (2012– )

Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls athletic directors

John J. Corbett (1915–?)
John Rhodes (1930–1933)
Willard Witte (1933–1939)
Okie Blanchard (1940–1941)
Everett Shelton (1944–?)
Bunny Oakes # (1945–1946)
Glenn Jacoby (1946–1973)
George McCarty (1973–1980)
Bob Hitch (1980–1981)
Gary Cunningham (1981–1986)
Paul Roach (1986–1996)
Lee Moon (1996–2003)
Gary Barta (2003–2006)
Tom Burman (2006– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

Wyoming Cowboys head football coaches

Fred Hess (1892)
No team (1893)
Fred Hess & J. F. Soule (1894)
J. F. Soule (1895–1897)
Fred Hess (1898)
J. F. Soule (1899)
William McMurray (1900–1906)
Robert Ehlman (1907–1908)
Harold I. Dean (1909–1911)
Leon Exelby (1912)
Ralph Thacker (1913–1914)
John J. Corbett (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
John J. Corbett (1919–1923)
William Henry Dietz (1924–1926)
George McLaren (1927–1929)
John Rhodes (1930–1932)
Willard Witte (1933–1938)
Joel Hunt (1939)
Okie Blanchard (1940)
Bunny Oakes (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Bunny Oakes (1946)
Bowden Wyatt (1947–1952)
Phil Dickens (1953–1956)
Bob Devaney (1957–1961)
Lloyd Eaton (1962–1970)
Fritz Shurmur (1971–1974)
Fred Akers (1975–1976)
Bill Lewis (1977–1979)
Pat Dye (1980)
Al Kincaid (1981–1985)
Dennis Erickson (1986)
Paul Roach (1987–1990)
Joe Tiller (1991–1996)
Dana Dimel (1997–1999)
Vic Koenning (2000–2002)
Joe Glenn (2003–2008)
Dave Christensen (2009–2013)
Pete Kaligis # (2012)
Craig Bohl (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

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