Education
Jenne attended Washington High School in Portland, Oregon where he played football, baseball, and basketball. He later attended Washington State University, where he excelled in the pole vault.
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Jenne attended Washington High School in Portland, Oregon where he played football, baseball, and basketball. He later attended Washington State University, where he excelled in the pole vault.
In 1921, Jenne tied for the individual pole vault championship at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Following the end of his athletic career, Jenne returned to Portland to coach football, basketball, baseball, and track at Washington High School. In 1928, he coached the boy"s basketball team to the Oregon state championship, defeating future University of Oregon football coach Prink Callison"s Medford High School team
Jenne"s football teams amassed an overall 61-16-14 record with seven Portland city championships, one state championship, with only one losing season.
Jenne also served as head football and basketball coach at Pacific University. He led the Portland Interscholastic League"s athletic program from 1938 until his retirement in 1965.
Jenne died in Louisiana Jolla, California in 1993.
In 1920, he was a member of the United States track and field team at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, finishing seventh in the pole vault competition. He was Washington State"s first Olympian and is a member of the Washington State University Sports Hall of Fame.