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American physicist

James Owen Perrine
Biographical details
Born	(1886-02-26)February 26, 1886 Bushnell, Illinois, U.S.
Died	September 10, 1974(1974-09-10) (aged 88) Cedar Falls, Iowa, U.S.
Alma mater	Iowa (BA, 1909 BA) Cornell (PhD)
Playing career
Football
1908	Iowa

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1910	Iowa State Teachers
1917	Iowa State Teachers
Basketball
1917–1918	Iowa State Teachers

Head coaching record
Overall	3–7–1 (football) 5–5 (basketball)

James Owen Perrine (February 26, 1886 – September 10, 1974) was an American physicist, college professor, developer of telephone technology, and coach of college football and college basketball.

Athletic career

Perrine was a 1909 graduate of the University of Iowa, where he lettered in football on the 1908 team.

Coaching career

Perrine served as the head football coach at the University of Northern Iowa–then known as Iowa State Teachers College–in Cedar Falls, Iowa in 1910 and 1917.

Academic and business career

Perrine earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa, a master's degree from the University of Michigan, and a doctorate in physics from Cornell University. He was a professor at the University of Northern Iowa and also lectured on physics at Yale University and Montclair State University. From 1939 to 1951, he was an assistant vice president at AT&T, where he developed transatlantic telephone technology and the dial telephone.

Family and death

Perrine was born on February 26, 1886, in Bushnell, Illinois to Peter and Elizabeth Rockefeller Perrine. He married Blanch Albright on October 1, 1910, in Burlington, Iowa. Perrine died on September 10, 1974, at the Western Home in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall
Iowa State Teachers (Independent) (1910)
1910	Iowa State Teachers	1–4–1
Iowa State Teachers (Independent) (1917)
1917	Iowa State Teachers	2–3
Iowa State Teachers:		3–7–1
Total:		3–7–1

References

"Catalog and Circular". Iowa State Teachers College. 1908. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
"Football Media Guide". Northern Iowa Panthers football. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
"Dr. Perrine, former UNI prof dies". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. September 11, 1974. p. 5. Retrieved July 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
"Dr. James Perrine". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. September 12, 1974. p. 5. Retrieved July 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

James Owen Perrine at Find a Grave

v t e Northern Iowa Panthers head football coaches
No coach (1895–1896) Fred Wolff (1897) Kalita E. Leighton (1898) George Sweetland (1899) Fred A. Williams (1900) George B. Affleck (1901) Charles Pell (1902–1905) No team (1906–1907) Clayton B. Simmons (1908–1909) James Owen Perrine (1910) Pat Pasini (1911–1912) Allen P. Berkstresser (1913–1916) James Owen Perrine (1917) Russell Glaesner (1918) Ivan Doseff (1919–1920) Leland L. Mendenhall (1921–1924) Paul F. Bender (1925–1929) Lawrence W. Whitford (1930–1932) Johnny Baker (1933–1934) Thomas Johnson (1935) Clyde Starbeck (1936–1942) No team (1943–1944) Clyde Starbeck (1945–1957) Bill Hammer (1958–1959) Stan Sheriff (1960–1982) Darrell Mudra (1983–1987) Earle Bruce (1988) Terry Allen (1989–1996) Mike Dunbar (1997–2000) Mark Farley (2001–2024) Todd Stepsis (2025– )

Northern Iowa Panthers head football coaches

No coach (1895–1896)
Fred Wolff (1897)
Kalita E. Leighton (1898)
George Sweetland (1899)
Fred A. Williams (1900)
George B. Affleck (1901)
Charles Pell (1902–1905)
No team (1906–1907)
Clayton B. Simmons (1908–1909)
James Owen Perrine (1910)
Pat Pasini (1911–1912)
Allen P. Berkstresser (1913–1916)
James Owen Perrine (1917)
Russell Glaesner (1918)
Ivan Doseff (1919–1920)
Leland L. Mendenhall (1921–1924)
Paul F. Bender (1925–1929)
Lawrence W. Whitford (1930–1932)
Johnny Baker (1933–1934)
Thomas Johnson (1935)
Clyde Starbeck (1936–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Clyde Starbeck (1945–1957)
Bill Hammer (1958–1959)
Stan Sheriff (1960–1982)
Darrell Mudra (1983–1987)
Earle Bruce (1988)
Terry Allen (1989–1996)
Mike Dunbar (1997–2000)
Mark Farley (2001–2024)
Todd Stepsis (2025– )

v t e Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball head coaches
S. R. Satterthwaite (1899) Enola P. Pierce (1900–1901) George B. Affleck (1901–1902) Thomas Jones (1902–1903) Charles Pell (1903–1906) Roy F. Seymour (1906–1909) Clayton B. Simmons (1909–1911) Pat Pasini (1911–1913) Allen P. Berkstresser (1913–1917) James Owen Perrine (1917–1918) Russell Glaesner (1918–1919) Ivan Doseff (1919–1921) Leland L. Mendenhall (1921–1924) Arthur D. Dickinson (1924–1932) Melvin Fritzel (1932–1933) Arthur D. Dickinson (1933–1937) Hon Nordly (1937–1943) No team (1943–1945) Hon Nordly (1945–1954) Stanley Hall (1954–1956) James Witham (1956–1961) Norm Stewart (1961–1967) Zeke Hogeland (1967–1973) James Berry (1973–1986) Eldon Miller (1986–1998) Sam Weaver (1998–2001) Greg McDermott (2001–2006) Ben Jacobson (2006– )

Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball head coaches

S. R. Satterthwaite (1899)
Enola P. Pierce (1900–1901)
George B. Affleck (1901–1902)
Thomas Jones (1902–1903)
Charles Pell (1903–1906)
Roy F. Seymour (1906–1909)
Clayton B. Simmons (1909–1911)
Pat Pasini (1911–1913)
Allen P. Berkstresser (1913–1917)
James Owen Perrine (1917–1918)
Russell Glaesner (1918–1919)
Ivan Doseff (1919–1921)
Leland L. Mendenhall (1921–1924)
Arthur D. Dickinson (1924–1932)
Melvin Fritzel (1932–1933)
Arthur D. Dickinson (1933–1937)
Hon Nordly (1937–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Hon Nordly (1945–1954)
Stanley Hall (1954–1956)
James Witham (1956–1961)
Norm Stewart (1961–1967)
Zeke Hogeland (1967–1973)
James Berry (1973–1986)
Eldon Miller (1986–1998)
Sam Weaver (1998–2001)
Greg McDermott (2001–2006)
Ben Jacobson (2006– )

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