Jack Clayton (American football)

Jack Clayton
Clayton in 1953
Biographical details
Born(1915-01-04)January 4, 1915
DiedJanuary 26, 1997(1997-01-26) (aged 82)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
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
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]

  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. ^ "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 Open access icon.