(1879-09-20)September 20, 1879 Turner, Oregon, U.S.
Died
August 3, 1962(1962-08-03) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater
Occidental College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1909–1910
USC
1916–1918
USC
Basketball
1918
USC
Track and field
1909–1913
USC
1916–1948
USC
Head coaching record
Overall
21–8–6 (football) 0–2 (basketball)
Dean Bartlett Cromwell (September 20, 1879 – August 3, 1962), nicknamed "Maker of Champions", was an American athletic coach in multiple sports, principally at the University of Southern California (USC). He was the head coach of the USC track team from 1909 to 1948, excepting 1914 and 1915, and guided the team to 12 NCAA team national championships (1926, 1930–31, 1935–43) and 34 individual NCAA titles. He was the head coach for the U.S. track team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, and assistant head coach for the U.S. track team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
In Berlin he was responsible for the expulsion of the only two Jewish American sprinters (Sam Stoller and Marty Glickman) from the 4x100m relay team, while trying to appease Adolf Hitler.[1][2]
^"Shame of the Games)". Los Angeles Times. January 5, 2001.
^"Marty Glickman, Jesse Owens and a Forgotten Story of the 1936 Berlin Olympics)". Bleacher Report.
Dean Bartlett Cromwell (September 20, 1879 – August 3, 1962), nicknamed "Maker of Champions", was an American athletic coach in multiple sports, principally...
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had initially protested the last-minute switch, but assistant coach DeanCromwell said to him, "You'll do as you are told."[citation needed] Owens' record-breaking...
2014-03-21. Retrieved 12 July 2013. DeanCromwell, The High Jump, International Sports Inc., Indianapolis, 1939, p. 20 DeanCromwell, The High Jump, International...
the relay, Glickman blamed Brundage and track coach DeanCromwell. According to Glickman, Cromwell favored Draper and Wykoff over Glickman and Stoller...
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the center of the stadium was previously known as Cromwell Field, originally named after DeanCromwell, USC’s track and field coach from 1909 to 1948. The...
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Southern California where he came under the tutelage of the famous coach DeanCromwell. He won the AAU championships in 100 yd in 1928 and 1931 and the NCAA...
their fastest runners to win the race. Glickman has said that Coach DeanCromwell and Avery Brundage were motivated by antisemitism and the desire to...
student at the University of Southern California, where he was coached by DeanCromwell. During his collegiate years, Patton was a member of the Delta-Eta Chapter...
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(Independent) (1908) 1908 Bill Traeger 3–1–1 DeanCromwell (Independent) (1909–1910) 1909 DeanCromwell 3–1–2 1910 DeanCromwell 7–0–1 1911–13 No team Ralph Glaze...
were called into a special meeting by Robertson and his assistant, DeanCromwell. "We were informed by the coaches that the Germans were hiding their...
(1904–1907) William I. Traeger (1908) DeanCromwell (1909–1910) No team (1911–1913) Ralph Glaze (1914–1915) DeanCromwell (1916–1918) Gus Henderson (1919–1924)...
to University of Southern California and was coached by the famous DeanCromwell. Bourland won the AAU championships in 400 m and the NCAA championships...
team. Hill became USC's head track coach in 1949 and 1950, succeeding DeanCromwell, and won national titles in both years. He returned for one season as...
(1904–1907) William I. Traeger (1908) DeanCromwell (1909–1910) No team (1911–1913) Ralph Glaze (1914–1915) DeanCromwell (1916–1918) Gus Henderson (1919–1924)...
Bunau-Varilla and William Nelson Cromwell." American Historical Review 68.2 (1963): 346–363. online. Dean, Arthur H. William Nelson Cromwell, 1854-1948: An American...
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