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ENNIS James

Birth: 23 Feb 1913 Seattle, Wash.
Death: 8 Aug 1990 Island Co., Wash.
Cause of Death: drowned

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Ennis Fam Tree on ancestry
http://www.nwacsports.org/hall_of_fame/HOF-member-bio.php?id=474
Jim Ennis

Everett Community College
Class of 1989

The first two years of the WSJCAC went without any bylaws until the spring of 1948
when Executive Secretary Jim Ennis of Everett JC along with Dave DuVall of Skagit
Valley and Maury Phipps of Grays Harbor wrote the original constitution governing
scholarship limits, grade eligibility requirements and overall philosophy of the
conference's athletic programs.

Ennis was a coach or athletic director for 42 years, 33 with the Everett School
District. He came to Everett in 1939 as an assistant football coach and head
basketball coach. In his first season, he guided the Seagulls' basketball squad to a
29-0 season and a state championship.

Ennis left Everett in 1942 to coach at St. Martin's College, where he met Dennis
Erickson. He also worked at Washington State University and at Cleveland and
Lincoln high schools in Seattle before returning to Everett in 1948. He remained there
for the next 31 years.

Regarded as a master motivator, Ennis was known for his willingness to help young
men enter coaching. Among others, he helped University of Miami Coach Dennis
Erickson and Washington State's Mike Price. One of Ennis' sons, Terry, was head
football coach at Cascade High School.

Ernie Dire, former athletic director of Everett schools, played for Ennis, as did Jim
Lambright, a long time former assistant coach and head coach at the University of
Washington.

Following his retirement from the school district, Ennis served as a consultant to the
district and to the Evergreen State Fair. He also took an active part in the annual
East-West all-star football game and worked on the Washington Coach magazine.
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http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900810&slug=1087044
Legendary Everett Coach Dies -- Ennis Inspired Many, Friends Say
By Steve Christilaw
Jim Ennis will be remembered for a lot of things - among them, a coach of champions
and a coach who won championships.

But most of all, he will be remembered as an educator who cared about his students
and players and helped prepare them for more than just the rigors of football and
basketball.

Ennis died Wednesday afternoon. He was 78.

Always active, Ennis drowned while exercising in the shallow waters off Juniper Beach
near his summer home on Camano Island. It was believed he suffered a heart attack or
stroke before drowning.

A memorial service will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at Immaculate Conception
Church in Everett.

``I'm sorry they aren't holding the service at Memorial Stadium,'' said Pinky Erickson,
Ennis' longtime friend. ``There isn't a building in this whole town that could hold all the
people who are going to want to be at that service.''

Ennis left Everett in 1942 to coach at St. Martin's College, where he met Erickson. He
also worked at Washington State University and at Cleveland and Lincoln high
schools in Seattle before returning to Everett in 1948. He remained there for the next
31 years.

Ernie Dire, athletic director of Everett schools, played for Ennis, as did Jim Lambright,
an assistant coach at the University of Washington for 21 years.

``Jim Lambright was a perfect example of the kind of player Jim coached,'' said Pinky
Erickson, who served as Ennis' assistant for two seasons before going to Cascade
when that school opened. ``He wasn't all that big or incredibly talented, but Jim made
him work.''

Winning was important to Ennis, Erickson said. But when it came to working with kids,
winning was less important than turning his players into winners.

Since retiring from the school district, Ennis served as a consultant to the district and
to the Evergreen State Fair. He also took an active part in the annual East-West all-
star football game and worked on the Washington Coach magazine.

Ennis is survived by his wife, Ann; children, Jim, Terry, Toni Slater, Molly Stubrud and
Roseann Mullen; 13 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
1940 in Everett, Snohomish Co., Wash. public school teacher
US Soc Sec Apps and Claims on ancestry
Larsen Public Fam Tree on ancestry

Parents
ENNIS Harry ()
COLELLA Anna (13 Nov 1897 - 8 Dec 1989)

Siblings
ENNIS James (23 Feb 1913 - 8 Aug 1990)
ENNIS Josephine Rose (27 Jul 1916 - 21 Feb 2013)

Marriage To KIICHLI Ann Elizabeth (20 Sep 1912 - 18 Feb 2007)
m. 7 Jun 1932 Kitsap Co., Wash.

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Parents
KIICHLI Joe ()
----- Rose ()

Children by KIICHLI Ann Elizabeth 20 Sep 1912 - 18 Feb 2007
ENNIS James Joseph (26 Mar 1935 - 21 May 2003)
ENNIS Antonia (Toni) ()
ENNIS Roseanne (1942 - 1994)
ENNIS Terry John (27 Jan 1944 - 12 Sep 2007)
ENNIS Molly K. ()

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