Jack Welch (American football)

Jack Welch
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1986Kansas Wesleyan
1987–1992Fort Scott CC
1994–2017Copperas Cove HS (TX)
Head coaching record
Overall8–12 (college)
36–26 (junior college)
193–84–1 (high school)

Jack Welch is an American football coach.

Coaching career

Kansas Wesleyan

Welch was the 17th head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas serving for two seasons, from 1985 to 1986, and compiling a record of 8–12.[1]

The results Welch produced at Kansas Wesleyan were considered a "turnaround" because the year before his arrival, the team had winless season.[2] At the time, the program had the nations's longest losing streak in NAIA football.[3]

Welch is one of the highest winning Texas High School Coaches in history with 195 victories.

Other coaching positions

Welch's coaching career also includes stops at Texas A&M University-Commerce, West Texas State University, Fort Scott Community College, and Louisiana Tech University.[4]

Welch was hired in 2019 as the Special Teams Coordinator and Running Back Coach at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Welch retired in 2018 from his positions as the athletic director and head football coach for Copperas Cove High School in Copperas Cove, Texas.[5] He had record of 193—84—1 at Copperas Cove since his 1994 debut. Welch's accomplishments also include 18 berths in the playoffs and two appearances in the Texas 4A State Championship. Welch has the most wins of any head coach in Copperas Cove history with victories over many of Texas' most notorious 4A and 5A power houses to including Odessa Permian, Converse Judson and Southlake Carroll. Welch was Class 6A "Coach of the Year" in 1998 and has been the District "Coach of the Year" eight times. He coached over 300 players as Copperas Cove who signed college scholarships and 13 players who made it to the National Football League (NFL), including Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III and Charles Tillman. He is one of the top 100 coaches in wins in Texas history of high school football.

Education

Welch earned a bachelor's degree from Taylor University in Indiana, a master's degree from West Texas State University, and a doctorate from the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor.[6]

Head coaching record

College
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1985–1986)
1985 Kansas Wesleyan 2–82–7T–8th
1986 Kansas Wesleyan 6–46–3T–4th
Kansas Wesleyan: 8–128–10
Total:8–12

Junior college
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Fort Scott Greyhounds (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) (1987–1992)
1987 Fort Scott 3–6
1988 Fort Scott 5–4
1989 Fort Scott 7–4
1990 Fort Scott 6–5R.C. Cola Bowl
1991 Fort Scott 7–4Midwest Bowl
1992 Fort Scott 8–3Valley of the Sun Bowl
Fort Scott: 36–26
Total:36–26
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. College Football Data Warehouse Archived October 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes coaching records
  2. The Fort Scott Tribune "Hounds hope hard work turns in to playoff berth" by Dave Wagner, September 2, 1987
  3. The Fort Scott Tribune "FSCC Hires New Coach for Football" by John Lechliter, February 19, 1987
  4. KWTX.com "Jack of All Trades: Copperas Cove Head Coach Jack Welch" by Adam Winkler, March 11, 2008
  5. coveleaderpress.com CCISD board approves Welch resignation
  6. Javelina Bulletin "5 candidates to interview for head football coach" December 15, 1999
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