Jim Butterfield (American football)

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Jim Butterfield
Biographical details

Born	(1927-11-30)November 30, 1927 Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Died	November 26, 2002(2002-11-26) (aged 74) Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1950–1952	Maine

Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1954–1955	Arms Academy (MA)
1956–1959	Maine (assistant)
1960–1966	Colgate (assistant)
1967–1993	Ithaca

Head coaching record
Overall	206–71–1 (college) 11–4 (high school)
Tournaments	21–8 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 NCAA Division III (1979, 1988, 1991) 11 ICAC (1974–1975, 1977–1980, 1984–1988)


College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1997 (profile)

Phillip James Butterfield Jr. (November 30, 1927 – November 26, 2002) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Ithaca College from 1967 to 1993. During his 28 seasons at Ithaca, Butterfield was one of the most successful coaches in the country winning 206 games and three NCAA Division III Football Championships (known as the Stagg Bowl). His teams finished as the runner-up in the Stagg Bowl four times. His total playoff record was 21–8.

After his retirement, Ithaca renamed their football stadium in his honor. Butterfield was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997. He died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in 2002 in Ithaca, New York.^[1]

Personal

Butterfield grew up in Westborough, Massachusetts.^[2] He graduated from Westborough High School in 1945 and in 1995 was inducted into the school's hall of fame.^[3]

Butterfield's brother, Jack, was a college baseball coach and executive in the New York Yankees organization. His nephew, Brian, is a Major League Baseball coach, who last coached with the Los Angeles Angels.

Head coaching record

College


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Ithaca Bombers (NCAA College Division independent) (1967–1970)
1967	Ithaca	4–4
1968	Ithaca	3–5
1969	Ithaca	3–5
1970	Ithaca	4–4
1971	Ithaca	5–3
Ithaca Bombers (Independent College Athletic Conference / Empire Athletic Association) (1972–1989)
1972	Ithaca	5–4	2–0	2nd
1973	Ithaca	5–4	2–0	1st
1974	Ithaca	10–1	3–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Championship
1975	Ithaca	10–1	4–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Championship
1976	Ithaca	6–2–1	2–1–1	3rd
1977	Ithaca	6–3	4–0	1st
1978	Ithaca	9–2	3–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal
1979	Ithaca	11–2	2–0	1st	W NCAA Division III Championship
1980	Ithaca	12–1	3–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Championship
1981	Ithaca	6–3	2–1	2nd
1982	Ithaca	6–4	1–2	3rd
1983	Ithaca	7–3	1–2	3rd
1984	Ithaca	10–1	3–0	1st
1985	Ithaca	11–2	3–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Championship
1986	Ithaca	11–1	3–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Seminal
1987	Ithaca	7–3	3–0	1st
1988	Ithaca	13–1	3–0	1st	W NCAA Division III Championship
1989	Ithaca	7–3	2–1	2nd
Ithaca Bombers (NCAA Division III independent) (1990–1993)
1990	Ithaca	8–2			L NCAA Division III First Round
1991	Ithaca	12–1			W NCAA Division III Championship
1992	Ithaca	9–2			L NCAA Division III First Round
1993	Ithaca	6–4
Ithaca:		206–71–1	46–7–1
Total:		206–71–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

^ UM great, Ithaca coach Jim Butterfield is dead
^ The view from Ithaca one year later
^ "Westborough High School Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees". Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2016.

External links

Jim Butterfield at the College Football Hall of Fame

v t e Ithaca Bombers head football coaches
Leonard Schreck (1930) Bucky Freeman (1931–1942) No team (1943–1945) Bucky Freeman (1946) Pete Hatch (1947–1950) Joseph Hamilton (1951–1955) Art Orloske (1956–1957) Richard S. Lyon (1958–1966) Jim Butterfield (1967–1993) Mike Welch (1994–2016) Dan Swanstrom (2017–2019) No team (2020) Dan Swanstrom (2021) Michael Toerper (2022– )

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Personal

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