Norman Carr Paine (January 6, 1893 – February 13, 1955) was an

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and

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player and coach, college athletics administrator, and physician. He served as the head football coach at

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of th ...

(1913), the

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(1917–1918), and

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of th ...

(1920), compiling a career

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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

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at Baylor from 1913 to 1914. Paine later practiced medicine in

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Early life and playing career

Paine was a native of

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. He attended

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and played football there as a tackle. He then moved on to the

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, where he played for the

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team under

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. In his first year at the university, Paine played as a

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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

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for the Maroons. Paine was also a member of the

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team.

Coaching career

Paine was the head football coach at

in 1913. His record there stands at 4–4–2. From 1917 to 1918, he served as the head coach at the

, posting an 8–3–1 record. In 1920, he served as the coach at

posting a 4–4 record.

Medical career and later life

Paine graduated from

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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

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, served

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for 30 years and was a physician in

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. 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

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coaches during Rose Bowl appearances.

Head coaching record

Football

References

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