Sport(s) Football Name Ralph Jesson Children Ralph William, jnr. Overall 0–2–1 Education Pomona College | 1920 Loyola Spouse Vivian Rich (m. ?–1957) 1910s Pomona Role American Football coach | |
1924–1928 John H. Francis Polytechnic HS (CA) Died January 1985, Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
Ralph William Jesson (July 22, 1893 – January 1985) was an American college football coach. He served as the head coach at Loyola University in 1920.
Biography
Jesson attended Pomona College, where he played on the football team in 1915. He served as the freshman coach at Occidental College.
In 1920, he served as head coach for Loyola, where he compiled a 0–2–1 record. From 1924 to 1928, he coached the football team at Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. From 1930 to 1934, he coached the school's basketball team. In the 1930s, he also worked as a football official in the Pacific Coast Conference.
He and his wife Vivian Rich, the silent film actress, lived in Los Angeles, California. They had three children, the eldest of whom was Ralph William Jr.