Jack Meagher

Jack Meagher
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1894-07-05)July 5, 1894
Chicago, Illinois
Died December 7, 1968(1968-12-07) (aged 74)
Miami, Florida
Playing career
Football
1916 Notre Dame
1920 Chicago Tigers
Position(s) End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921–1928 St. Edward's
1929–1933 Rice
1934–1942 Auburn
1944 Iowa Pre-Flight
1946 Miami Seahawks
Basketball
1921–1924 St. Edward's
Baseball
1922–1929 St. Edward's
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1934–1942 Auburn
Head coaching record
Overall 108–85–14 (college football)
21–7 (college basketball)
1–5 (AAFC)
Bowls 1–0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Football
SEC Coach of the Year (1935)

John Francis Meagher (July 5, 1894 – December 7, 1968) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator.

Meagher played football for the University of Notre Dame in 1916, rising to a second-team end under then-assistant coach, Knute Rockne.[1][2][3] He served with the United States Marines in France during World War I[4] and played in four games with the Chicago Tigers in 1920, the first year of the National Football League (NFL).[5]

Meagher embarked on a career in coaching in 1921 at St. Edward's University, where he served as head football coach from 1921 to 1928, compiling a record of 24–21–4,[6] and as head basketball coach from 1921 to 1924. From 1929 to 1933, he coached football at Rice University, where he compiled a 26–26 record. From 1934 to 1942, he was the head football coach at Auburn University, where he compiled a 48–37–10 record. Shug Jordan was his assistant coach. During his nine seasons coaching the Auburn Tigers, they played in their first bowl game ever, the Bacardi Bowl. The game was held in Havana, Cuba. In 1935, Auburn Head football coach, Jack Meagher, was named the SEC Coach of the Year. He joined the Navy during World War II and served as Lt. Commander in the United States Navy. Meagher also coached the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football team in 1944 during World War II. In 1946, he coached the first six games of the season for the Miami Seahawks of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), going 1–5.

Former players of Jack Meagher at Auburn University were known as the Meagher's Marauders because of the aggression on the football and most of the games they played were on the road. During Meagher's first 6 years at Auburn, his players played only 3 home games. Meagher was the driving force behind the building of Auburn's stadium. Auburn Stadium opened in 1939 and seated 7,500. The Meagher's Marauders award a scholarship every year to an Auburn student during one of the fall games. In 2015, The Coach Jack Meagher Award(CJM) was awarded to Vincent "Bo" Jackson.

Meager died on December 7, 1968.[7] He is buried at Hollywood Memorial Gardens East in Hollywood, Florida.[8] Meagher was inducted into the St. Edward's University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989.[9]

Head coaching record

College football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs AP#
St. Edward's Hilltoppers (1921–1928)
St. Edward's: 24–21–4
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1929–1933)
1929 Rice 2–70–57th
1930 Rice 8–42–46th
1931 Rice 6–43–34th
1932 Rice 7–33–33rd
1933 Rice 3–81–57th
Rice: 26–269–20
Auburn Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1934–1942)
1934 Auburn 2–81–610th
1935 Auburn 8–25–24th
1936 Auburn 7–2–24–1–13rdT Bacardi
1937 Auburn 6–2–34–1–23rdW Orange
1938 Auburn 4–5–13–3–1T–7th
1939 Auburn 5–5–13–3–1T–5th
1940 Auburn 6–4–13–2–15th
1941 Auburn 4–5–10–4–111th
1942 Auburn 6–4–13–37th16
Auburn: 48–37–1026–25–7
Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks (Independent) (1944)
1944 Iowa Pre-Flight 10–16
Iowa Pre-Flight: 10–1
Total:108–85–14

References

  1. ↑ Maxymuk, John (2012-08-02). NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011. McFarland. ISBN 9780786492954.
  2. ↑ "ND Football Trivia Question (11/12/13)". myNotreDame - Class of 1966. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  3. ↑ https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/65245/thr19290215.pdf?sequence=1
  4. ↑ https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/65249/thr19290315.pdf?sequence=1
  5. ↑ Maxymuk, John (2012-08-02). NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011. McFarland. ISBN 9780786492954.
  6. ↑ Maxymuk, John (2012-08-02). NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011. McFarland. ISBN 9780786492954.
  7. ↑ "Playground Daily News from Fort Walton Beach, Florida · Page 9". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  8. ↑ "Hollywood Memorial Gardens East Cemetery Records - Broward County, Florida". www.learnwebskills.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  9. ↑ http://www.stedwards.edu/sites/default/files/hall_of_fame.pdf
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