Jack Gregory (American football coach) explained

Jack Gregory
Birth Date:8 June 1927
Birth Place:East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Years1:1947
Player Team1:West Chester
Player Years2:1949–1951
Player Team2:East Stroudsburg
Player Positions:Guard
Coach Years1:1952–1953
Coach Team1:William Penn HS (DE) (line)
Coach Years2:1954–1958
Coach Team2:P. S. Dupont HS (DE)
Coach Years3:1959–1965
Coach Team3:East Stroudsburg
Coach Years4:1966
Coach Team4:Navy (assistant)
Coach Years5:1967–1969
Coach Team5:Villanova
Coach Years6:1970–1975
Coach Team6:Rhode Island
Admin Years1:1978–1982
Admin Team1:Yale (assistant AD)
Admin Years2:1982–1994
Admin Team2:Bowling Green
Overall Record:87–57–4 (college)
25–15 (high school)
Championships:2 PSAC (1964–1965)
3 PSAC Eastern Division (1962, 1964–1965)

John C. Gregory Jr. (June 8, 1927 – December 4, 2014) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (1959–1965), Villanova University (1967–1969), and the University of Rhode Island (1970–1975), compiling a career college football record of 87–57–4. He was the athletic director at Bowling Green State University from 1982 to 1994.

Gregory attended high in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. He played college football at West Chester Teachers College—now known as West Chester University, before transferring to East Stroudsburg in 1949. Gregory played as lineman at East Stroudsburg for three seasons and graduated in 1952.

Gregory began his coaching career at William Penn High School in New Castle, Delaware, where he was an assistant to head football coach Billy Cole in 1952 and 1953, coaching the line.[1] He was hired as the head football coach at P. S. Dupont High School in Wilmington, Delaware in 1954, where he tallied a mark of 25–15 in five seasons.[2] He died in Philadelphia in 2014.[3] [4] He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame as part of its 2020/2021 class.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: . Jack Gregory Named Dynah Grid Coach . . . May 18, 1954 . 24 . December 27, 2019 . .
  2. News: Cartwright . Al . Jack Gregory Named East Stroudsburg Teachers' Football Coach . . . May 5, 1959 . 38 . December 27, 2019 . .
  3. News: . Former ESU football coach Jack Gregory dies . . . December 8, 2014 . December 27, 2019 .
  4. News: . John "Jack" C. Gregory Sr. . . . December 8, 2014 . December 27, 2019 .
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20240228162021/http://www.desports.org/inductees/2020-2021/