Jack Clayton (American football)
 Clayton in 1953 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 4, 1915 |
| Died | January 26, 1997 (aged 82) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| c. 1940 | Bossier HS (LA) |
| 1947 | Western Kentucky (assistant) |
| 1948–1956 | Western Kentucky |
| 1957–1966 | Northwestern State |
| Basketball | |
| 1946–1947 | Centenary |
| Baseball | |
| 1967–1968 | Northwestern State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 108–68–4 (college football) 16–7 (college basketball) 42–22–3 (college baseball) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| 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.[citation needed]
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[edit]
College football[edit]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1956) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Western Kentucky | 5–4 | 2–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1949 | Western Kentucky | 5–4 | 2–3 | 6th | |||||
| 1950 | Western Kentucky | 6–2–2 | 3–1–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1951 | Western Kentucky | 4–5 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1952 | Western Kentucky | 9–1 | 4–1 | T–1st | W Refrigerator | ||||
| 1953 | Western Kentucky | 6–4 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1954 | Western Kentucky | 7–3 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1955 | Western Kentucky | 3–6 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1956 | Western Kentucky | 5–4 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| Western Kentucky: | 50–33–2 | 21–24–2 | |||||||
| Northwestern State Demons (Gulf States Conference) (1957–1966) | |||||||||
| 1957 | Northwestern State | 7–2 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1958 | Northwestern State | 8–2 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1959 | Northwestern State | 4–5–1 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1960 | Northwestern State | 3–6 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1961 | Northwestern State | 7–3 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1962 | Northwestern State | 7–2–1 | 4–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1963 | Northwestern State | 4–6 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1964 | Northwestern State | 4–5 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1965 | Northwestern State | 5–4 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1966 | Northwestern State | 9–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| Northwestern State: | 58–35–2 | 27–23 | |||||||
| Total: | 108–68–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Unbeaten 1966 Demons honor Coach and Mrs. Clayton, strengthen support for future". Northwestern State University. February 9, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ Harrison, Lowell Hayes (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ "Jack Clayton". Northwestern State University. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ "Legendary Northwestern State football coach Jack Clayton dies". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Associated Press. January 27, 1997. p. 16. Retrieved August 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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