Jack Carlisle Explained

Jack Carlisle
Birth Date:23 September 1929
Death Place:New Albany, Mississippi, U.S.
Coach Years1:1952
Coach Team1:Ethel HS (MS)
Coach Years2:1953–1955
Coach Team2:Lula–Rich HS (MS)
Coach Years3:1956–1958
Coach Team3:Nettleton HS (MS)
Coach Years4:1959–1960
Coach Team4:Collierville HS (TN)
Coach Years5:1961–1970
Coach Team5:Murrah HS (MS)
Coach Years6:1971–1974
Coach Team6:Jackson Prep HS (MS)
Coach Years7:1975–1977
Coach Team7:Ole Miss (JV)
Coach Years8:1978–1982
Coach Team8:East Tennessee State
Coach Years9:1983–1993
Coach Team9:Madison-Ridgeland (MS)
Coach Years10:1994
Coach Team10:St. Joseph HS (MS) (assistant)
Coach Years11:1997
Coach Team11:Jackson Prep HS (MS) (assistant)
Coach Years12:1998
Coach Team12:East Central (MS) (assistant)
Overall Record:21–34 (college)

Jack Mason Carlisle (September 23, 1929 – July 27, 2021) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee from 1978 to 1982, compiling a record of 21–34.[1]

As a high school football coach at Lula–Rich High School in Mississippi, he coached Thomas Harris who later wrote the novel, The Silence of the Lambs.[2]

Carlisle only had one leg due to an accident when he was 18 years old.[3] He died on July 27, 2021, at his home in New Albany, Mississippi.[4]

Head coaching record

College

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jack Carlisle. Sports-Reference CFB. December 6, 2018.
  2. Web site: Jack Carlisle. Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. December 6, 2018.
  3. Web site: Book Details Career of Legendary Coach Jack Carlisle. Clarion Ledger. December 6, 2018.
  4. Web site: Great Mississippi high school football coach Jack Carlisle died at 91. Zac. Carlisle. WTVA. July 28, 2021. July 28, 2021.