Jack Murphy (American football)

(Redirected from John Murphy (American football coach)) American football player and coach (1932–2021)

Jack Murphy
Biographical details
Born	(1932-08-06)August 6, 1932 Barberton, Ohio, U.S.
Died	January 9, 2021(2021-01-09) (aged 88) Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
Football
early 1950s	Heidelberg (OH)

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1959	Heidelberg (OH) (assistant)
1960–1969	Toledo (assistant)
1970	Heidelberg (OH)
1971–1976	Toledo
Baseball
1959	Heidelberg (OH)

Head coaching record
Overall	38–38 (football) 5–11 (baseball)
Bowls	1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 MAC (1971)
Awards
Football MAC Coach of the Year (1971)

John A. Murphy (August 6, 1932 – January 9, 2021) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio in 1970 and at the University of Toledo from 1971 to 1976, compiling a career college football record of 38–38. Murphy died on January 9, 2021, at the age of 88.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches	AP
Heidelberg Student Princes (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1970)
1970	Heidelberg	3–6	2–5	T–10th
Heidelberg:		3–6	2–5
Toledo Rockets (Mid-American Conference) (1971–1976)
1971	Toledo	12–0	5–0	1st	W Tangerine	13	14
1972	Toledo	6–5	2–3	T–4th
1973	Toledo	3–8	1–4	T–5th
1974	Toledo	6–5	3–2	T–2nd
1975	Toledo	5–6	4–4	T–5th
1976	Toledo	3–8	2–6	8th
Toledo:		35–32	17–19
Total:		38–38
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

v t e Heidelberg Student Princes head football coaches
J. C. Loomis (1892) Roger Sherman (1893) No team (1894) John Schmidlin (1895) William B. Duttera (1896) Fred G. Williams (1897) No team (1898) Howard B. Diefenbach (1899) M. F. Hall (1900) Howard B. Diefenbach (1901) G. M. Howland (1902) Forrest M. Hall (1903) Caleb M. Sickles (1904–1908) Ed E. Zechiel (1909) Joseph Lantry (1910) Joe Collins (1911–1912) Robert Beck (1913) Ike Martin (1914–1916) Herman Sayger (1917) James O. Newton (1918–1920) Carl Eggebrecht (1921–1923) Herman Sayger (1924–1929) Ted Turney (1930–1945) Paul Hoernemann (1946–1959) Bob Winterburn (1960–1961) Joe Malmisur (1962–1968) James Getz (1969) Jack Murphy (1970) Armin Riesen (1971–1975) Bob Rankin (1976–1977) John Spezzaferro (1978–1980) Phillip Morse (1981–1983) Dick West (1975–1997) Larry Shank (1998–2001) John Cervino (2002) Brian Cochran (2003–2006) Mike Hallett (2007–2015) Scott Donaldson (2016– )

v t e Toledo Rockets head football coaches
John Brandeberry (1917) James Baxter (1918) Watt Hobt (1919–1920) Joseph Dwyer (1921–1922) Pat Dwyer (1923–1925) Boni Petcoff (1926–1929) Jim Nicholson (1930–1935) Clarence Spears (1936–1942) No team (1943–1945) Bill Orwig (1946–1947) Skip Stahley (1948–1949) Bob Snyder (1950) Don Greenwood (1951) Claire Dunn (1951–1953) Forrest England (1954–1955) Jack Morton (1956) Harry Larche (1957–1959) Clive Rush (1960–1962) Frank Lauterbur (1963–1970) Jack Murphy (1971–1976) Chuck Stobart (1977–1981) Dan Simrell (1982–1989) Nick Saban (1990) Gary Pinkel (1991–2000) Tom Amstutz (2001–2008) Tim Beckman (2009–2011) Matt Campbell (2011–2015) Jason Candle (2015– )

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