Joseph Norman Elliott (May 12, 1894 – January 21, 1959) was an American college football and college basketball coach, minor league baseball player, and otolaryngologist. Elliott served two seasons as the head basketball coach at Northwestern University, in 1917–18 and 1919–20, compiling a record of 10–11. He also coached freshmen football at Northwestern during that time. Elliott moved to Illinois Wesleyan University in 1930 as an assistant football coach and was the head football coach there from 1931 to 1934, tallying a mark of 19–11–4. Elliott attended Illinois Wesleyan, where he was captain of the basketball team in 1913–14 and 1915–16. He played baseball with the Bloomington Bloomers of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in 1917. Elliott graduated from Northwestern University Medical School—now known as the Feinberg School of Medicine—in 1920. Elliott's sons, Bump Elliott and Pete Elliott, both played college football at the University of Michigan and went on to coaching careers.

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Illinois Wesleyan Titans (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1931–1934)
1931Illinois Wesleyan3–53–3T–9th
1932Illinois Wesleyan6–26–0T–1st
1933Illinois Wesleyan6–2–14–0–11st
1934Illinois Wesleyan4–2–33–1–26th
Illinois Wesleyan:19–11–416–4–3
Total:19–11–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

Basketball

Record table
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Northwestern Purple (Big Ten Conference) (1917–1918)
1917–18Northwestern7–45–33rd
Northwestern Purple (Big Ten Conference) (1919–1920)
1919–20Northwestern3–72–6T–7th
Northwestern:10–117–9
Total:10–11

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