Robert E. Harmon

Robert E. Harmon
Biographical details
Born1882
Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S.
Died(1959-09-28)September 28, 1959 (aged 77)
Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1900Illinois College
1905–1906Denver
1907Creighton
Baseball
1904Illinois College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1903Illinois College
1908–1910All Hallows
1911Loyola (IL)
1912Butte HS (MT)
1913–1914Gonzaga
1915–1916University Farm
1917Illinois College
1919–1920Santa Clara
1921–1924Quincy (IL)
Basketball
1913–1915Gonzaga
1919–1921Santa Clara
Baseball
1915Gonzaga
1921Santa Clara
1922–?Quincy (IL)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1913–1915Gonzaga
Head coaching record
Overall14–13 (basketball)
6–9–1 (baseball, excluding Quincy)

Robert Emmett "Red Bob" Harmon (1882 – September 28, 1959) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Illinois College in 1903 and 1917, Loyola University Chicago in 1911, Gonzaga University from 1913 to 1914, the University Farm (now known as the University of California, Davis) from 1915 to 1916, and the University of Santa Clara— (now known as Santa Clara University) from 1919 to 1920, and at Quincy College and Seminary (now known as Quincy University) in Quincy, Illinois from 1922 to 1924.

Coaching career

Harmon was the head coach for the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team from 1913 to 1915. He recorded a 10–4 (.714) record during his two seasons.[1]

In 1917, Harmon returned to his alma mater, Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, to become head football coach, succeeding his brother, William T. Harmon, who was serving as a captain in the United States Army at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois.[2][3]

Law career and death

Harmon was a graduate of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law and did graduate work at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. While he was coaching at Gonzaga, Harmon also practiced law with the offices of Luby and Pierson. At Santa Clara, he taught law as a member of the faculty. In 1930, Harmon passed the Illinois state bar and began a law practice in Jacksonville, Illinois.[4]

Harmon died at the age of 77, on September 28, 1959, at Our Saviour's Hospital in Jacksonville, following an illness lasting several months.[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Illinois College Blueboys (Independent) (1903)
1903 Illinois College 6–2
Loyola University Chicago (Independent) (1911)
1911 Loyola University Chicago 2–5
Loyola University Chicago: 2–5
Gonzaga Blue and White (Independent) (1913–1914)
1913 Gonzaga 7–2
1914 Gonzaga 3–2–1
Gonzaga: 10–4–1
University Farm (Independent) (1915–1916)
1915 University Farm 3–2
1916 University Farm 7–1
University Farm: 10–3
Illinois College Blueboys (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1917)
1917 Illinois College 0–4–1
Illinois College: 6–6–1
Santa Clara Missionites (Independent) (1919–1920)
1919 Santa Clara 2–4
1920 Santa Clara 5–1
Santa Clara: 7–5
Quincy Hawks (Independent) (1922–1924)
1922 Quincy 4–3
1923 Quincy 2–2–1
1924 Quincy 2–4
Quincy: 8–9–1
Total:

[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Gonzaga Basketball History - Page 51 of 62". Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Harmon Succeeds Brother as Illinois College Coach". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. September 18, 1917. p. 10. Retrieved January 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ↑ "Harmon Returns To Alma Mater". Spokane Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. September 20, 1917. p. 16. Retrieved January 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ "Robert E. Harmon To Practice Law In Jacksonville". The Jacksonville Daily Journal. Jacksonville, Illinois. November 8, 1930. p. 16. Retrieved January 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ "Central Illinois Deaths; Robert E. Harmon". Illinois State Journal. Springfield, Illinois. September 30, 1959. p. 22. Retrieved May 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ↑ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Robert E. Harmon; Football". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Blueboy Football Record Book" (PDF). Illinois College. pp. 2–3. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Football History". Quincy University Athletics. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
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