death_date death_place coach_years birth_place overall_record coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date article_title name
28 february 1980 tucson , arizona 1945 normal , illinois 2 -- 3 -- 2 eastern illinois 3591 football 13 may 1912 james goff
 james goff
james goff

james frederick `` pim '' goff -lrb- may 13 , 1912 -- february 28 , 1980 -rrb- was an american football and basketball coach and the 11th head college football coach for the eastern illinois university panthers , a position he held for the 1945 season .
his career coaching record at eastern illinois was 2 wins , 3 losses , and 2 ties .
this ranks him 15th at eastern illinois in total wins and tenth at eastern illinois in winning percentage .
goff , whose hometown was normal , illinois , attended illinois state university , where he lettered in football , tennis , basketball , baseball , and track .
he also played professional baseball and professional basketball .
he died in 1980 .
