Jack Clayton (American football) explained

Jack Clayton
Birth Date:4 January 1915
Death Place:Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Team2:Bossier HS (LA)
Coach Years3:1947
Coach Team3:Western Kentucky (assistant)
Coach Years4:1948–1956
Coach Team4:Western Kentucky
Coach Years5:1957–1966
Coach Team5:Northwestern State
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1946–1947
Coach Team7:Centenary
Coach Sport8:Baseball
Coach Years9:1967–1968
Coach Team9:Northwestern State
Overall Record:108–68–4 (college football)
16–7 (college basketball)
42–22–3 (college baseball)
Bowl Record:1–0
Championships:Football
OVC (1952)
4 Gulf States (1957, 1958, 1962, 1966)

Jack H. Clayton (January 4, 1915 – January 26, 1997) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head men's basketball coach at Centenary College of Louisiana during the 1946–1947 before moving to Bowling Green, Kentucky to become the head football coach at Western Kentucky State College from 1948 to 1956.[2] Clayton later became the head football coach (1957–1966)[3] and head baseball coach (1967–1968) at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

A native of Haughton, Louisiana, Clayton died of congestive heart failure, on January 26, 1997, at Willis-Knighton Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana.[4]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. News: Unbeaten 1966 Demons honor Coach and Mrs. Clayton, strengthen support for future. February 9, 2017. Northwestern State University. June 18, 2019.
  2. Book: Harrison, Lowell Hayes. Western Kentucky University. 1987. University Press of Kentucky. June 18, 2019.
  3. Web site: Jack Clayton. Northwestern State University. June 18, 2019.
  4. News: . Legendary Northwestern State football coach Jack Clayton dies . . . . January 27, 1997 . 16 . August 17, 2019 . .