Jack Clayton (American football)

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 University 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.[4]

Jack Clayton
Biographical details
Born(1915-01-04)January 4, 1915
DiedJanuary 26, 1997(1997-01-26) (aged 82)
Shreveport, Louisiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1940Bossier HS (LA)
1947Western Kentucky (assistant)
1948–1956Western Kentucky
1957–1966Northwestern State
Basketball
1946–1947Centenary
Baseball
1967–1968Northwestern State
Head coaching record
Overall108–68–4 (college football)
16–7 (college basketball)
42–22–3 (college baseball)
Bowls1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 OVC (1952)
4 Gulf States (1957–1958, 1962, 1966)

A native of Haughton, Louisiana, Clayton died of congestive heart failure, on January 26, 1997, at Willis-Knighton Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana.[5]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1956)
1948 Western Kentucky 5–42–35th
1949 Western Kentucky 5–42–36th
1950 Western Kentucky 6–2–23–1–22nd
1951 Western Kentucky 4–52–46th
1952 Western Kentucky 9–14–1T–1stW Refrigerator
1953 Western Kentucky 6–42–34th
1954 Western Kentucky 7–33–2T–2nd
1955 Western Kentucky 3–61–45th
1956 Western Kentucky 5–42–3T–3rd
Western Kentucky: 50–33–221–24–2
Northwestern State Demons (Gulf States Conference) (1957–1966)
1957 Northwestern State 7–24–1T–1st
1958 Northwestern State 8–24–1T–1st
1959 Northwestern State 4–5–12–3T–3rd
1960 Northwestern State 3–60–56th
1961 Northwestern State 7–33–2T–3rd
1962 Northwestern State 7–2–14–11st
1963 Northwestern State 4–62–34th
1964 Northwestern State 4–51–45th
1965 Northwestern State 5–42–3T–4th
1966 Northwestern State 9–05–01st
Northwestern State: 58–35–227–23
Total:108–68–4
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "Unbeaten 1966 Demons honor Coach and Mrs. Clayton, strengthen support for future". Northwestern State University. February 9, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  2. Harrison, Lowell Hayes (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  3. "Jack Clayton". Northwestern State University. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  4. "basketball". Baseball-Reference Bullpen. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  5. "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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