# James Goff

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**James Frederick** "**Pim**" **Goff** (May 13, 1912 – February 28, 1980) was an American [football](/source/American_football), [basketball](/source/Basketball), and [baseball](/source/Baseball) player and coach.

## Career

He was the 11th head football coach at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as [Eastern Illinois University](/source/Eastern_Illinois_University)—serving for one season in 1945 season and compiling a record of 2–3–2.[1] Goff was the head basketball coach at [Millikin University](/source/Millikin_University) in 1942–1943, at Eastern Illinois from 1944 to 1946, at Illinois State Normal University—now known as [Illinois State University](/source/Illinois_State_University)—from 1949 to 1957, and at Quincy College and Seminary—now known as [Quincy University](/source/Quincy_University), compiling a career [college basketball](/source/College_basketball) coaching record of 168–168. He was also the head baseball coach at Millikin in 1943, tallying a mark of 5–2.

Goff, whose hometown was [Normal, Illinois](/source/Normal,_Illinois),[2] attended [Illinois State University](/source/Illinois_State_University), where he lettered in football, tennis, basketball, baseball, and track. He also played professional baseball and professional basketball.[2] He died in 1980 while vacationing in [Tucson, Arizona](/source/Tucson,_Arizona).[2]

## References

1. [Eastern Illinois Coaching Records](http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ohiovalley/eastern_illinois/coaching_records.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071122094010/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ohiovalley/eastern_illinois/coaching_records.php) November 22, 2007 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Illinois State Athletics Percy Hall of Fame](http://goredbirds.com/hof.aspx?hof=88&path=general&kiosk=)

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