James H. Horne

James Howard Horne (July 24, 1874 – April 13, 1959) was an athletic director and coach of American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field at Indiana University between 1898 and 1905.

Early life and education Horne was born July 24, 1874 Like his two older brothers, Irving Williams Horne and Rev. John Roberts Horne Jr., James H. Horne attended Bowdoin College where he was a member of Delta Upsilon and involved in a number of extracurricular activities including football and track and field. Horne was a four-year member of the varsity athletic (track and field) team, serving as the team's captain his junior and senior years. |group="nb" In the first two years of what has become the annual "State Meet" between Bates College, Colby College, and Bowdoin, Horne won the 100-yard dash (1895, 1896), 120 yard high hurdles (1895, 1896), 220 yard dash (1895), 220 intermediate hurdles (1896), and long jump (1896). In 1896, his time of 16.2 seconds in the 110 hurdles was the fourth best time in the nation. Horne graduated from Bowdoin in 1897 with an A.B.

Athletic director While at Bowdoin, Horne held the position of Assistant to the Director of the Gymnasium from 1895 to 1897. #tag:ref|A 1912 directory of Bowdoin alumni reported that Horne was a teacher in Hebron, Maine from 1897 to 1898. During Horne's tenure as athletic director, Indiana was admitted membership to the Big Ten Conference in December, 1899. In his first game at the helm, he led the Hoosiers to a 16–0 victory over Rose Polytechnic. During the 1900 college football season, he became the first football coach at Indiana to compete in the Big Ten Conference, then known as the Western Conference. In April 1899, he split his first two games with Borden Institute, losing the first 4–3 and winning the following day 12–1. On February 8, 1901, the Hoosiers traveled by train to Indianapolis where they lost their first game to Butler, 20–17. however, the Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia by Jason Hiner notes that an absence of newspaper reports about the game suggests that it never took place. One report indicated that he was so distraught that he attempted suicide.

Later life A 1912 directory of Bowdoin alumni reported that Horne was in "business" in Conway, New Hampshire after 1906, His World War I draft registration card notes that he had "total loss of hearing." Horne wrote about his experiences at Indiana University in a letter dated May 14, 1948.

Head coaching record Football

Basketball

Baseball