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 ====== Jessee/Miller Field ======
+[{{ :10.2307_community.24977002-1.jpg?direct&300|Trinity track and athletic fields, ca. 1900. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.24977002|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
+[{{ ::jesseemiller_field.jpg?300|Jessee/Miller Field. Photo credit: Trinity College Athletics}}]
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+The Jessee/Miller field is Trinity's main athletic field, supporting [[athletics|football, lacrosse, and track and field]]. It is located on the lower campus, close to the [[library|library]].
-The Jessee/Miller Field, named for two Trinity College football coaches, features a modern playing surface, six-lane, 400-meter track, and stadium seating for 5,500 people. The field was converted from grass to turf, durable in all-weather, in 2002.
+Named after Trinity's head football coaches Dan Jessee and Don Miller, the Jessee/Miller Field is the tenth-oldest college football field in the United States. In recent years the field has also been affectionately referred to as "The Coop" in reference to Trinity's [[bantam|mascot]].
-In 1932, Daniel E. Jessee was hired by the College to coach varsity football, baseball, and squash. In 1934, Jessee brought the College its first undefeated and untied football season. In the 1940s, Jessee continued to bring the College success in football and baseball.
+Plans for the field began in the early 1900s, championed by President [[luther_flavel_sweeten |Flavel Sweeten Luther]] and was set to be finished in the spring of 1903. The Trinity football team has played on the field since 1904 and it has not been relocated.
-During Jessee's final football season in 1966, he was titled Football Coach of the Year by the Football Writers of America. President Jacobs designated the College's football field as the "Daniel Jessee Field" on November 5th to begin the season.
+The Jessee/Miller field was christened "Jessee Field" in 1966 to honor Dan Jessee, who served as Trinity's head football coach from 1932 to 1966. In 1934, Jessee achieved the College's first undefeated and untied season in football, one of several outstanding accomplishments in his long career at the College. The stadium was renamed Jessee/Miller Field on November 13, 1999 to honor Jessee's successor, Miller, who retired in 1998 as the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division III football history in New England.
-After Jessee's retirement, assistant coach Donald G. Miller filled the role of football head coach. Beginning his Trinity career in 1965, Miller's record for winning surpassed Jessee's by 1994. Under Miller's leadership, the football team accomplished their best season in 1970 since their undefeated season in 1955. Miller was named New England Coach of the Year for his accomplishments.
+Starting as little more than a dirt track and pavilion in the late 19th century, today the Jessee/Miller Field features a modern playing surface, a six-lane, 400-meter track, and stadium seating for 5,500 people. The field was converted from grass to turf in 2002.
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 ===== Sources =====
+[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessee/Miller_Field|Jessee/Miller Field]]
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=w_books|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter J. Knapp and Anne H. Knapp, pp. 77, 124, 276, 431.
+[[https://bantamsports.com/sports/2020/5/28/Information-Facilities-Jessee-Miller-Field.aspx|Trinity Athletics: Jessee/Miller Field]]
-[[https://bantamsports.com/sports/2020/5/28/Information-Facilities-Jessee-Miller-Field.aspx|Bantam Sports]].
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter J. Knapp and Anne H. Knapp, pp. 77, 124, 276, 431.
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