John W. Stewart
Biographical details
Born	1889 New Concord, Ohio, U.S.
Died	(1943-04-23)April 23, 1943 Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Alma mater	Geneva (A.B., 1911)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1918–1919	South Dakota
1922–1923	Montana
Basketball
1918–1922	South Dakota
1922–1932	Montana
Track
1923–1925	Montana

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1924–1932	Montana

Head coaching record
Overall	10–16 (football) 104–125 (basketball)

John Wilson Stewart (1889 – April 23, 1943) was an American football, basketball, and track coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Dakota from 1918 to 1919, and the University of Montana from 1922 to 1923, compiling a career college football coaching record of 10–16. Stewart was the head basketball coach at South Dakota from 1918 to 1922 and Montana from 1922 and 1932, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 104–125. He was also the head track coach at Montana from 1923 to 1925 and the school's athletic director from 1924 to 1932.

Early years

Stewart was a 1911 graduate of Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He served as a physical education director at several high schools in South Dakota and Iowa spanning 1911 to 1918.^[1]

South Dakota

Stewart served as the head football coach (1918–1919) and head men's basketball coach (1918–1922) at the University of South Dakota.

Montana

Stewart served as the head football coach (1922–1923), head men's basketball coach (1922–1932), head track coach (1923–1925), and athletic director at the University of Montana.^[2]^[3]

Death

Stewart died on April 23, 1943, of a heart attack, in Missoula, Montana.^[4]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall
South Dakota Coyotes (Independent) (1918–1919)
1918	South Dakota	1–2
1919	South Dakota	2–6
South Dakota:		3–8
Montana Grizzlies (Independent) (1922–1923)
1922	Montana	3–4
1923	Montana	4–4
Montana:		7–8
Total:		10–16

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South Dakota Coyotes head football coaches

No coach (1889)
No team (1890–1893)
No coach (1894–1895)
No team (1896–1897)
Bert H. Morrison (1898–1899)
James Hutchinson (1900)
Ralph Norton (1901)
Arthur H. Whittemore (1902–1909)
Joseph Pipal (1910)
James Henderson (1911–1913)
Ion Cortright (1914–1915)
Blaine McKusick (1916–1917)
John W. Stewart (1918–1919)
Arthur H. Whittemore (1920–1921)
Stub Allison (1922–1926)
Vincent E. Montgomery (1927–1930)
Stanley G. Backman (1931–1933)
Harry Gamage (1934–1941)
Cletus Clinker (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Grant Heckenlively (1945)
Harry Gamage (1946–1955)
Ralph Stewart (1956–1961)
Bob Burns (1962)
James J. Dougherty (1962)
Marv Rist (1963–1965)
Joe Salem (1966–1974)
Beanie Cooper (1975–1978)
Dave Triplett (1979–1988)
John Fritsch (1989–1991)
Dennis Creehan (1992–1996)
Ron Rankin (1997–1998)
John Austin (1999–2003)
Ed Meierkort (2004–2011)
Joe Glenn (2012–2015)
Bob Nielson (2016– )

South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball head coaches

Arthur H. Whittemore (1908–1910)
Joseph Pipal (1910–1911)
James Henderson (1911–1914)
Ion Cortright (1914–1915)
Unknown (1915–1916)
Blaine McKusick (1916–1917)
Unknown (1917–1918)
John W. Stewart (1918–1922)
Bert Ekbert (1922–1923)
Vincent E. Montgomery (1923–1927)
Rube Hoy (1927–1949)
George DeKlotz (1949–1952)
Rube Hoy (1952–1954)
Dwane Clodfelter (1954–1967)
Bob Mulcahy (1967–1973)
Jack Doyle (1973–1982)
Doug Martin (1982–1988)
Dave Boots (1988–2013)
Joey James # (2013–2014)
Craig Smith (2014–2018)
Todd Lee (2018–2022)
Eric Peterson (2022– )

# denotes interim head coach.

Montana Grizzlies head football coaches

Fred D. Smith (1897)
Benjamin F. Searight (1898)
Guy Cleveland (1899)
Frank Bean (1900–1901)
Dewitt Peck (1902)
Hiram Conibear (1903–1904)
Frederick Schule (1905–1906)
Albion Findlay (1907)
Roy White (1908–1909)
Robert H. Cary (1910–1911)
Wallace Philoon (1912)
A. George Heilman (1913–1914)
Jerry Nissen (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
Bernie Bierman (1919–1921)
John W. Stewart (1922–1923)
Earl Clark (1924–1925)
Frank W. Milburn (1926–1930)
Bunny Oakes (1931–1934)
Doug Fessenden (1935–1941)
Clyde Carpenter (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
George Dahlberg (1945)
Doug Fessenden (1946–1948)
Ted Shipkey (1949–1951)
Ed Chinske (1952–1954)
Jerry Williams (1955–1957)
Ray Jenkins (1958–1963)
Hugh Davidson (1964–1966)
Jack Swarthout (1967–1975)
Gene Carlson (1976–1979)
Larry Donovan (1980–1985)
Don Read (1986–1995)
Mick Dennehy (1996–1999)
Joe Glenn (2000–2002)
Bobby Hauck (2003–2009)
Robin Pflugrad (2010–2011)
Mick Delaney (2012–2014)
Bob Stitt (2015–2017)
Bobby Hauck (2018– )

Montana Grizzlies head basketball coaches

No coach (1901–1904)
No team (1904–1905)
Frederick Schule (1905–1907)
Albion Findlay (1907–1909)
No team (1909–1911)
Albert N. Whitlock (1911–1912)
W. H. Mustaine (1912–1914)
Jerry Nissen (1914–1918)
No team (1918–1919)
Bernie Bierman (1919–1922)
John W. Stewart (1922–1932)
Adolph J. Lewandowski (1932–1937)
George Dahlberg (1937–1942)
Clyde Carpenter & Ed Chinske (1942–1943)
Ed Buzzetti (1943–1944)
George Dahlberg (1944–1955)
Frosty Cox (1955–1962)
Ron Nord (1962–1968)
Bob Cope (1968–1970)
Lou Rocheleau (1970–1971)
Jud Heathcote (1971–1976)
Jim Brandenburg (1976–1978)
Mike Montgomery (1978–1986)
Stew Morrill (1986–1991)
Blaine Taylor (1991–1998)
Don Holst (1998–2002)
Pat Kennedy (2002–2004)
Larry Krystkowiak (2004–2006)
Wayne Tinkle (2006–2014)
Travis DeCuire (2014– )

Montana Grizzlies and Lady Griz athletic directors

Montana Grizzlies and Lady Griz athletic directors
W. E. Schreiber (1918–1924) John W. Stewart (1924–1932) Doug Fessenden (1935–1949) Cac Hubbard (1949–1952) Frank W. Milburn (1953) George Dahlberg (1954–1961) Walter Schwank (1961–1967) Jack Swarthout (1967–1975) Harley Lewis (1976–1989) Bill Moos (1990–1995) Wayne Hogan (1995–2004) Don Read (2004–2005) Jim O'Day (2005–2012) Kent Haslam (2012– )