Jake McCandless

Jake McCandless
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born c. 1930
Died November 5, 2007 (aged 77)
Ocala, Florida
Playing career
Football
1948–1950 Princeton
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1958–1968 Princeton (assistant)
1969–1972 Princeton
Basketball
1961–1962 Princeton
Head coaching record
Overall 18–17–1 (football)
22–16 (basketball)
Tournaments Basketball
1–2 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 Ivy (1969)
Basketball
1 Ivy (1961)

Joey Leigh "Jake" McCandless (c. 1930 – November 5, 2007) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Princeton University from 1969 to 1972, compiling a record of 18–17–1. McCandless also served as acting head basketball coach for the final 15 games of the 1960–61 season, replacing an ailing Franklin Cappon, who suffered a heart attack in January 1961. When Cappon died in November of that year, McCandless was named his successor and led the Princeton team for the 1961–62 season.[1] A native of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, McCandless graduated from Beaver Falls High School in 1947. Following that, he attended Princeton, where he played college football before graduating in 1951. He began his coaching career at St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts and Kent School in Kent, Connecticut. He returned in Princeton in 1958 as an assistant football coach.[2] McCandless died at the age of 77, at his home in Ocala, Florida, on November 5, 2007.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Princeton Tigers (Ivy League) (1969–1972)
1969 Princeton 6–36–1T–1st
1970 Princeton 5–43–45th
1971 Princeton 4–53–4T–5th
1972 Princeton 3–5–12–4–1T–6th
Princeton: 18–17–114–13–1
Total:18–17–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Basketball

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Princeton Tigers (Ivy League) (1960–1962)
1960–61 Princeton 9–6[n 1]7–3[n 1]1stNCAA University Division Regional Fourth Place
1961–62 Princeton 13–1010–43rd
Princeton: 22–16 (.579)17–7 (.708)
Total:22–16 (.579)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Notes

  1. 1 2 Franklin Cappon served as head coach for the first 11 games of the season, leading Princeton to a 9–2 overall record and a 4–0 mark in the Ivy League. Princeton finished the season 18–8 overall and 11–3 in the Ivy.

References

  1. ↑ "Princeton Hires Coach". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. Associated Press. December 2, 1961. p. 9. Retrieved April 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
  2. ↑ "Princeton names Jake McCandless". Pocono Record. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. United Press International. January 31, 1969. p. 13. Retrieved April 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
  3. ↑ "Obituaries". Town Topics. Princeton, New Jersey. November 14, 2007. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
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