Ed Chlebek | |
Birth Date: | 9 February 1940 |
Birth Place: | Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1959–1961 |
Player Team1: | Western Michigan |
Player Years2: | 1962 |
Player Team2: | Grand Rapids Blazers |
Player Years3: | 1963 |
Player Team3: | New York Jets |
Player Years4: | 1964 |
Player Team4: | Grand Rapids Blazers |
Player Years5: | 1965 |
Player Team5: | Fort Wayne Warriors |
Player Years6: | 1966 |
Player Team6: | Richmond Rebels |
Player Years7: | 1967–1969 |
Player Team7: | Wheeling / Ohio Valley Ironmen |
Player Years8: | 1970 |
Player Team8: | Jersey Tigers |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1974 |
Coach Team1: | Detroit Wheels (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1974–1975 |
Coach Team2: | Notre Dame (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1976–1977 |
Coach Team3: | Eastern Michigan |
Coach Years4: | 1978–1980 |
Coach Team4: | Boston College |
Coach Years5: | 1981–1982 |
Coach Team5: | Kent State |
Coach Years6: | 1983 |
Coach Team6: | Toronto Argonauts (OC) |
Coach Years7: | 1984 |
Coach Team7: | Oklahoma Outlaws (OC) |
Overall Record: | 26–51 |
Awards: | MAC Coach of the Year (1977) |
Edward S. Chlebek (born February 9, 1940) is an American former gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Eastern Michigan University (1976–1977), Boston College (1978–1980), and Kent State University (1981–1982), compiling a career college football record of 26–51.
Chlebek played college football as a quarterback at Western Michigan University from 1959 to 1961. He passed for 2,290 yards in his career with the Western Michigan Broncos, including 1,109 as a senior in 1961.[1] In 1963, Chlebek played for the New York Jets of the American Football League (AFL). He was inducted into Western Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame.
Chlebek came to Eastern Michigan from the University of Notre Dame, where he was an assistant under Dan Devine and coached future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana. At Eastern Michigan, he compiled a 10–12 record from 1976 to 1977. At Boston College, he tallied a 12–21 mark and coached the only winless season in the program's history, a 0–11 campaign in 1978. From 1981 to 1982, he coached Kent State to a 4–18 record. He ended his college career on a 12-game losing streak. From Kent State he went to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League as the offensive coordinator in 1983. The Argonauts won the Grey Cup in 1983.