Jack Petoskey Explained

Jack Petoskey
Birth Date:15 October 1921
Birth Place:Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
Death Place:Zephyrhills, Florida, U.S.
Player Years1:1941–1943
Player Team1:Michigan
Player Positions:End
Coach Years1:1947–1948
Coach Team1:St. Joseph HS (MI)
Coach Years2:1949–1950
Coach Team2:Hillsdale
Coach Years3:1953–1956
Coach Team3:Western Michigan
Overall Record:19–32–3 (college)
7–5–3 (high school)
Bowl Record:0–1
Championships:1 MIAA (1949)

Ernest Jack Petoskey[1] (October 15, 1921 – March 3, 2017)[2] was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Hillsdale College from 1949 to 1950 and Western Michigan University from 1953 to 1956, compiling a career college football record of 19–32–3. A native of Dearborn, Michigan, Petoskey played college football at an end at the University of Michigan from 1940 to 1943. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II.

Coaching career

Petoskey was the head football coach for the Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. He held that position for the 1949 and 1950 seasons. His coaching record at Hillsdale was 11–7–1.[3] Before going to Hillsdale he was head football coach at St. Joseph High School in St. Joseph, Michigan from 1947 to 1948, where his record was 7–5–3. He was an assistant at Western Michigan before being named head coach.

Head coaching record

College

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=_f3hAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ernest+Jack+Petoskey%22&pg=PA106 The Michigan Alumnus
  2. Web site: Ernest Jack Petoskey's Obituary on Ann Arbor News. Ann Arbor News. 19 December 2017.
  3. Web site: Hillsdale Chargers 2010 Media Guide . Hillsdale College . November 6, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716022043/http://www.hillsdalesites.org/chargers/football/2010/2010HCFBmediaguide.pdf . July 16, 2011 .