Jim Cassidy was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 coach who coached Footscray

Western Bulldogs

The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL).

Cassidy was in charge of Footscray's seniors for eight games in the 1926 VFL season

1926 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1926.-Premiership season:In 1926, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume...

, in the absence of regular coach Harry Saunders

Harry Saunders

Henry George 'Harry' Saunders was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL during the 1910s and 1920s....

. The club managed just one win under Cassidy but it just just their second season in the league. He had previously coached Footscray to the 1908 and 1913 VFA premierships.