Norman C. Paine

Norman C. Paine

File:Norman C Paine.jpg Paine pictured in The Round-Up 1914, Baylor yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1893-01-06)January 6, 1893 Chicago, Illinois
Died	Los Angeles, California
Playing career
Football
c. 1910	Chicago
Basketball
c. 1910	Chicago
Position(s)	Guard, halfback, quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913	Baylor
1917–1918	Arkansas
1920	Iowa State
Basketball
1913–1914	Baylor
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1913–1914	Baylor
Head coaching record
Overall	16–11–3 (football) 1–8 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Norman Carr Paine (January 6, 1893 – February 13, 1955) was an American football and basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator, and physician. He served as the head football coach at Baylor University (1913), the University of Arkansas (1917–1918), and Iowa State University (1920), compiling a career college football coaching record of 16–11–3. Paine was also the head basketball coach at Baylor during the 1913–14 season, tallying a mark of 1–8. He was the athletic director at Baylor from 1913 to 1914. Paine later practiced medicine in Los Angeles County, California.

Early life and playing career

Paine was a native of Chicago, Illinois. He attended Wendell Phillips Academy High School and played football there as a tackle. He then moved on to the University of Chicago, where he played for the Chicago Maroons football team under Amos Alonzo Stagg. In his first year at the university, Paine played as a guard on the freshman football team. He made the varsity football team as sophomore and played guard and defensive halfback. As a junior and senior he was the starting quarterback for the Maroons. Paine was also a member of the Chicago Maroons men's basketball team.

Coaching career

Paine was the head football coach at Baylor University in 1913. His record there stands at 4–4–2. From 1917 to 1918, he served as the head coach at the University of Arkansas, posting an 8–3–1 record. In 1920, he served as the coach at Iowa State University posting a 4–4 record.

Medical career and later life

Paine graduated from Rush Medical College and was the head of the campus infirmary at Iowa State as well as the football coach. Paine was on the national board of the YMCA, served Los Angeles County Hospital for 30 years and was a physician in Glendale, California. Paine was an honored alumni of the University of Chicago and headed the Big Ten Club of Southern California and the Quarterbacks Club. He hosted several Big Ten Conference coaches during Rose Bowl appearances.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Baylor (Independent) (1913)
1913	Baylor	4–4–2
Baylor:		4–4–2
Arkansas Razorbacks (Southwest Conference) (1917–1918)
1917	Arkansas	5–1–1	0–1–1	6th
1918	Arkansas	3–2	0–1	6th
Arkansas:		8–3–1	0–2–1
Iowa State Cyclones (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920)
1920	Iowa State	4–4	3–2	T–3rd
Iowa State:		4–4	3–2
Total:		16–11–3

External links

• Norman C. Paine at the College Football Data Warehouse
• Norman C. Paine at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com