| Jesse Vail | |
| Birth Date: | 21 February 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | DePauw (BA) North Dakota State (MS) |
| Coach Years1: | 1950–1952 |
| Coach Team1: | Ishpeming HS (MI) |
| Coach Years2: | 1953 |
| Coach Team2: | Battle Creek Central HS (MI) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1954–1955 |
| Coach Team3: | North Dakota Agricultural (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1956–1963 |
| Coach Team4: | North Central (IL) |
| Coach Years5: | 1964 |
| Coach Team5: | Morton East HS (IL) (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1965 |
| Coach Team6: | Joliet Explorers |
| Coach Years7: | 1966 |
| Coach Team7: | Culver–Stockton |
| Coach Years8: | 1967 |
| Coach Team8: | Joliet Chargers |
| Coach Years9: | 1968–1969 |
| Coach Team9: | Crete-Monee HS (IL) |
| Coach Years10: | 1970 |
| Coach Team10: | Joliet Chargers |
| Coach Years11: | 1972 |
| Coach Team11: | Lake County Rifles |
| Coach Years12: | 1977 |
| Coach Team12: | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Overall Record: | 41–37–2 (college) |
| Championships: | 1 CCI (1960) |
Jesse Aaron Vail II (February 21, 1928 – August 7, 2003) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois from 1956 to 1963 and at Culver–Stockton College in Canton, Missouri in 1966, compiling a career college football coaching record of 41–37–2.[1] [2]
He also served as a football coach in a number of different capacities, including as the head coach of the Joliet Explorers of the Professional Football League of America in 1965 and 1967 and at Stateville Correctional Center in 1977.[3] [4] He was also head coach for the Joliet Chargers when they played in the Midwest Professional Football League in 1970.[5]