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445:(three-time Big Sky champion), to go out for the football team as a
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2291:. Bend, Oregon. Associated Press. December 10, 1975. p. 12.
1944:"Sweeney new head football coach at Washington State University"
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season with 201 wins in 32 seasons. He was most proud of the
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2273:. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 10, 1975. p. 2D.
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Following graduation, Sweeney returned to
Montana and was a
2309:. (Idaho). Associated Press. February 21, 1979. p. 4B.
1968:. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 14, 1973. p. 21.
468:, where he started with a one-year contract at $ 20,000 in
1747: Conference division title or championship game berth
2180:. (Oregon). wire services. December 1, 1975. p. 1B.
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Pacific Coast
Athletic Association / Big West Conference
1881:. National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 384
300:(September 1, 1929 – February 8, 2013) was an American
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Bozeman, Sweeney moved up to the
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Montana State, Sweeney is credited with convincing
1927:. (Hendersonville, North Carolina). UPI. p. 9.
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2023:. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from
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2066:"Omen indicates fortune of Cougars may brighten"
2048:"New WSU coach Sweeney faces task with optimism"
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1783:List of college football coaches with 200 wins
16:American football player and coach (1929–2013)
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2303:"Sweeney quits Raiders or was he dismissed?"
511:(NFL) assistant for two years. He spent the
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3502:Washington State Cougars football coaches
2383:. wire services. May 5, 1988. p. C3.
2211:"Cougar coach Jim Sweeney calls it quits"
19:For the offensive lineman and coach, see
2174:"Sweeney uses option, quits as WSU boss"
1990:. (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 3B.
1977:
1975:
1919:Uptagrafft, Michael (October 21, 1971).
1739: National championship
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3512:High school football coaches in Montana
2377:"Ex-Cougar coach's wife dies in Fresno"
2247:Missildine, Harry (December 10, 1975).
2084:"Washington State Football Media Guide"
1902:"Cougar defense keyed on run, not pass"
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3507:High school football coaches in Oregon
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3477:Fresno State Bulldogs football coaches
2446:. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from
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2285:"Jim Sweeney named Fresno State coach"
2191:Missildine, Harry (December 1, 1975).
1950:. (Idaho). January 6, 1968. p. 9.
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1812:. (Nevada, Missouri). NEA. p. 10.
599:. Sweeney's grandson, Beau, played at
423:. Sweeney's salary at MSU in 1967 was
2046:Missildine, Harry (January 6, 1968).
1804:Olderman, Murray (November 7, 1986).
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2255:. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
2199:. (Spokane, Washington). p. 14.
1853:Calcaterra, John (January 6, 1968).
2228:Derrick, Merle (December 9, 1975).
2116:"Pacific-10 Conference Media Guide"
1830:. February 10, 2013. Archived from
1743: Conference title
543:for 17 more seasons; he compiled a
314:California State University, Fresno
277:(1977, 1982, 1985, 1988–1989, 1991)
2193:"Cougar coach Jim Sweeney resigns"
1900:Caraher, Pat (November 10, 1968).
1091:Pacific Coast Athletic Association
472:. He had only one winning season (
358:Butte Central Catholic High School
328:(NFL). He played in college as an
14:
2394:Missildine, Harry (May 5, 1988).
2338:Fresno State Football Media Guide
3532:American people of Irish descent
3517:Sportspeople from Butte, Montana
3492:Portland Pilots football players
2003:"Big Kick Out Of A Strange Game"
2001:Putnam, Pat (November 4, 1968).
1982:Bigham, Joe (October 31, 1996).
1855:"Sweeney showed baseball talent"
304:coach who was the head coach at
2321:"Sweeney's back in Fresno post"
2147:Witter, Steve (June 20, 2002).
1984:"Sweeney starting to reminisce"
1806:"Family affair at Fresno State"
2072:. January 6, 1968. p. 13.
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137:Butte Central Catholic HS (MT)
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2396:"Lucille Sweeney; great lady"
1921:"Sweeney gets coaching honor"
603:before transferring in 2011.
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2402:. Moscow, Idaho. p. 9A.
2236:. (Washington). p. 31.
2230:"Sweeney takes Fresno post"
2021:"All-Time Coaching Records"
1538:Western Athletic Conference
310:Washington State University
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2444:Pro-Football-Reference.com
591:football: Nate Fellner at
256:Accomplishments and honors
156:Kalispell Flathead HS (MT)
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2414:"Jim Sweeney dies at 83"
2307:Lewiston Morning Tribune
2149:"The Swingin' Seventies"
1988:Lewiston Morning Tribune
1966:Lewiston Morning Tribune
1948:Lewiston Morning Tribune
833:Washington State Cougars
509:National Football League
326:National Football League
306:Montana State University
3487:Oakland Raiders coaches
2234:Spokane Daily Chronicle
2070:Spokane Daily Chronicle
1908:. (Oregon). p. 3B.
1859:Spokane Daily Chronicle
1824:"Passings: Jim Sweeney"
585:intracranial hemorrhage
3472:American football ends
373:University of Portland
80:University of Portland
2590:Earnest A. Dockstader
2271:Eugene Register-Guard
2178:Eugene Register-Guard
1906:Eugene Register-Guard
1532:Fresno State Bulldogs
1158:Fresno State Bulldogs
1085:Fresno State Bulldogs
652:Montana State Bobcats
595:and Kyle Negrete at
356:, and graduated from
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2267:"Sweeney goes south"
1834:on February 12, 2013
1763:Rankings from final
1756:Rankings from final
1714:Includes forfeit by
839:Pacific-8 Conference
610:Head coaching record
393:Flathead High School
298:James Joseph Sweeney
235:Head coaching record
34:Biographical details
2249:"Sweeney to Fresno"
1716:Louisiana–Lafayette
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533:St. Louis Cardinals
243:201–153–4 (college)
216:St. Louis Cardinals
30:
2968:Walter Rheinschild
2534:Eugene C. Woodruff
2420:. February 9, 2013
2096:on January 1, 2011
2007:Sports Illustrated
1876:"Coaching Records"
658:Big Sky Conference
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503:Promptly hired at
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69:Fresno, California
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116:Coaching career (
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3170:(2021–present)
3164:
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3148:
3140:
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3092:
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3076:
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2988:
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3363:
3359:
3355:
3351:
3347:
3343:
3339:
3338:Darryl Rogers
3335:
3331:
3327:
3323:
3322:Cecil Coleman
3319:
3315:
3311:
3307:
3303:
3299:
3298:Alvin Pierson
3295:
3291:
3287:
3283:
3279:
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3274:Alvin Pierson
3271:
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3259:
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3169:
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3160:Nick Rolovich
3157:
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3141:
3137:
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3117:
3113:
3109:
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3104:Warren Powers
3101:
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2909:
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2739:
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2550:John E. Flynn
2547:
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2527:
2523:
2519:
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2511:
2510:Charles Lisle
2507:
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2499:
2490:
2485:
2483:
2478:
2476:
2471:
2470:
2467:
2449:
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2440:"Jim Sweeney"
2435:
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2009:. p. 74.
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795:Montana State
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735:Montana State
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586:
582:
581:Kevin Sweeney
575:Personal life
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566:
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549:PCAA/Big West
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537:Bud Wilkinson
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274:PCAA/Big West
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261:Championships
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3410:Kalen DeBoer
3402:Jeff Tedford
3386:Tim DeRuyter
3369:
3353:
3330:Phil Krueger
3257:
3168:Jake Dickert
3087:
3039:
3008:Emory Alvord
2813:
2782:Cliff Hysell
2750:Sonny Lubick
2725:
2669:
2630:D. V. Graves
2613:
2606:Fred Bennion
2573:
2518:George Ahern
2452:. Retrieved
2448:the original
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3434:Tim Skipper
3428:(2022–2023)
3412:(2020–2021)
3404:(2017–2019)
3394:Eric Kiesau
3388:(2012–2016)
3380:(1997–2011)
3372:(1980–1996)
3370:Jim Sweeney
3364:(1978–1979)
3362:Bob Padilla
3356:(1976–1977)
3354:Jim Sweeney
3348:(1973–1975)
3346:J. R. Boone
3340:(1966–1972)
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3324:(1959–1963)
3316:(1952–1958)
3308:(1950–1951)
3306:Duke Jacobs
3292:(1947–1948)
3290:Ken Gleason
3252:(1936–1942)
3244:(1933–1935)
3236:(1929–1932)
3228:(1921–1928)
3162:(2020–2021)
3154:(2012–2019)
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3130:(1989–2002)
3122:(1987–1988)
3114:(1978–1986)
3090:(1968–1975)
3088:Jim Sweeney
3082:(1964–1967)
3074:(1956–1963)
3066:(1952–1955)
3058:(1950–1951)
3050:(1945–1949)
3048:Phil Sarboe
3042:(1943–1944)
3034:(1926–1942)
3026:(1923–1925)
3018:(1919–1922)
3002:(1915–1917)
2994:(1912–1914)
2986:(1910–1911)
2962:(1906–1907)
2954:(1904–1905)
2914:(1898–1899)
2822:Brent Vigen
2808:(2016–2019)
2806:Jeff Choate
2800:(2007–2015)
2792:(2000–2006)
2790:Mike Kramer
2784:(1992–1999)
2776:(1987–1991)
2768:(1983–1986)
2766:Dave Arnold
2758:Doug Graber
2752:(1978–1981)
2744:(1971–1977)
2736:(1968–1970)
2728:(1963–1967)
2726:Jim Sweeney
2720:(1958–1962)
2712:(1956–1957)
2710:Tony Storti
2696:(1952–1954)
2694:Tony Storti
2688:(1950–1951)
2680:(1946–1949)
2672:(1942–1945)
2664:(1938–1941)
2656:(1936–1937)
2648:(1928–1935)
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2592:(1911–1912)
2584:(1908–1910)
2576:(1906–1907)
2552:(1902–1903)
1543:(1992–1996)
1169:(1980–1991)
1096:(1976–1977)
844:(1968–1975)
663:(1963–1967)
521:John Madden
443:scholarship
440:ski jumping
389:high school
340:Early years
283:(1992–1993)
218:(assistant)
207:(assistant)
168:(assistant)
139:(assistant)
106:Position(s)
29:Jim Sweeney
3456:Categories
3436:# (2023– )
3266:Earl Wight
3242:Leo Harris
3152:Mike Leach
3144:Paul Wulff
3128:Mike Price
3112:Jim Walden
3080:Bert Clark
3064:Al Kircher
2888:Fred Waite
2718:Herb Agocs
2702:Wally Lemm
2686:John Mason
2654:Jack Croft
2558:Fred Ervin
2454:August 10,
2424:October 9,
2031:August 27,
1885:August 27,
1789:References
1520:California
1460:California
1427:California
1339:California
1252:California
633:Conference
601:California
593:Washington
494:John Elway
490:Jack Elway
409:Herb Agocs
320:record of
45:1929-09-01
3418:Lee Marks
3136:Bill Doba
3016:Gus Welch
2734:Tom Parac
2400:Idahonian
2153:Scout.com
1728:201–153–4
1689:(Pacific)
636:Standing
523:'s final
478:Rose Bowl
436:Norwegian
397:Kalispell
360:in 1947.
223:1980–1996
191:1976–1977
181:1968–1975
173:1963–1967
162:1960–1962
152:1956–1959
144:1952–1955
92:1947–1949
3420:# (2021)
3396:# (2016)
3378:Pat Hill
2824:(2021– )
1777:See also
1706:144–74–3
779:Camellia
719:Camellia
642:Coaches
630:Overall
527:and the
482:Stanford
427:15,000.
354:baseball
344:Born in
332:for the
96:Portland
3258:No team
3040:No team
2814:No team
2798:Rob Ash
2670:No team
2614:No team
2574:No team
1765:AP Poll
1709:83–41–2
1572:Freedom
1076:12–41–1
1073:26–59–1
615:College
525:season,
480:-bound
466:Pullman
405:Bozeman
371:at the
350:Ireland
268:Big Sky
240:Overall
3300:(1949)
3284:(1946)
3276:(1945)
3268:(1944)
3260:(1943)
3106:(1977)
3098:(1976)
3010:(1918)
2978:(1909)
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2890:(1895)
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2816:(2020)
2760:(1982)
2704:(1955)
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2600:(1913)
2568:(1905)
2560:(1904)
2544:(1901)
2536:(1900)
2528:(1899)
2520:(1898)
2512:(1897)
1724:Total:
1687:T–5th
1326:11–0–1
589:Pac-10
535:under
447:kicker
407:under
377:Oregon
367:as an
82:(1951)
71:, U.S.
54:, U.S.
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1879:(PDF)
1660:T–7th
1630:3–4–1
1627:5–7–1
1607:Aloha
1600:T–1st
1565:T–1st
1486:T–2nd
1483:5–1–1
1480:8–2–1
1393:T–2nd
1305:T–4th
1218:T–3rd
1191:T–4th
974:T–3rd
863:1–3–1
860:3–6–1
821:31–20
745:T–4th
627:Team
624:Year
438:on a
248:Bowls
2456:2011
2426:2014
2418:ESPN
2160:2014
2134:2008
2102:2008
2033:2011
1887:2011
1840:2014
1672:1996
1645:1995
1618:1994
1585:1993
1550:1992
1507:10–2
1498:1991
1471:1990
1447:11–1
1438:1989
1414:10–2
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1351:1986
1317:1985
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1263:1983
1239:11–1
1230:1982
1203:1981
1176:1980
1130:1977
1112:6–5*
1103:1976
1042:1975
1015:1974
988:1973
979:T–17
959:1972
932:1971
914:1–10
905:1970
878:1969
851:1968
824:14–4
790:1967
757:1966
730:1965
697:1964
670:1963
569:1980
561:1977
557:1996
551:and
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529:1979
513:1978
498:1975
486:1971
474:1972
470:1968
434:, a
419:was
212:1979
201:1978
133:1951
125:1950
59:Died
39:Born
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1681:4–7
1657:2–6
1654:5–7
1633:7th
1597:6–2
1594:8–4
1579:24
1562:6–2
1559:9–4
1513:1st
1510:6–1
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1420:1st
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1390:4–3
1387:6–5
1366:2nd
1363:6–1
1360:9–2
1332:1st
1329:7–0
1302:3–4
1299:6–6
1278:6th
1275:2–4
1272:6–5
1245:1st
1242:6–0
1215:2–3
1212:5–6
1188:1–4
1185:5–6
1145:1st
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1139:9–2
1118:2nd
1115:3–1
1057:8th
1054:0–7
1051:3–8
1030:7th
1027:1–6
1024:2–9
1003:4th
1000:4–3
997:5–6
982:19
971:4–3
968:7–4
947:7th
944:2–5
941:4–7
920:8th
917:0–7
893:8th
890:0–7
887:1–9
866:7th
805:1st
802:4–0
799:7–3
772:1st
769:4–0
766:8–3
742:1–3
739:3–7
712:1st
709:3–0
706:7–4
685:2nd
682:2–1
679:6–3
645:AP
597:USC
553:WAC
519:in
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460:at
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