Joseph Norman Elliott (May 12, 1894 â January 21, 1959) was an American college football and college basketball coach, minor league baseball player, and otolaryngologist. Elliott served two seasons as the head basketball coach at Northwestern University, in 1917âÂÂ18 and 1919âÂÂ20, compiling a record of 10âÂÂ11. He also coached freshmen football at Northwestern during that time. Elliott moved to Illinois Wesleyan University in 1930 as an assistant football coach and was the head football coach there from 1931 to 1934, tallying a mark of 19âÂÂ11âÂÂ4. Elliott attended Illinois Wesleyan, where he was captain of the basketball team in 1913âÂÂ14 and 1915âÂÂ16. He played baseball with the Bloomington Bloomers of the IllinoisâÂÂIndianaâÂÂIowa League in 1917. Elliott graduated from Northwestern University Medical SchoolâÂÂnow known as the Feinberg School of MedicineâÂÂin 1920. Elliott's sons, Bump Elliott and Pete Elliott, both played college football at the University of Michigan and went on to coaching careers.