page_title: Norris Armstrong
section_title: Carroll
hierarchical_section_title: Norris Armstrong / Coaching career / Carroll
caption_attribution_description: English: Carroll College Wisconsin football team, circa 1920's
context_page_description: Phillip Norris "Army" Armstrong was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1918 to 1919 and professionally for one season, in 1922, with the Milwaukee Badgers of the National Football League. Armstong served as the head football coach at Carroll College—now known as Carroll University—Waukesha, Wisconsin from 1923 to 1930, compiling a record of 44–11–6.
context_section_description: After completing one year as an assistant coach, Armstrong was named the 15th head football at Carroll College—now known as Carroll University—in Waukesha, Wisconsin and he held that position for eight seasons, from 1923 until 1930. His career coaching record at Carroll College was 44–11–6.
  Armstrong oversaw one of the most successful periods of the football team at the college.  The university honored his contributions by inducting him into the school's "Hall of Fame" in 1973.
  Key games for Carroll under Armstrong included the 1925 victory over Great Lakes Naval by a score of 73–0, and an undefeated 1925 season. The program never had anything but winning seasons under Armstrong, with the worst record being 4–3 in 1929; the worst loss that year was a 46–0 defeat by the Iowa Hawkeyes.
  After retiring from coaching, Armstrong remain with Carroll College to become athletic director and later a trustee of the college.
caption: Carroll Pioneers, c. 1920
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