Jesse Vail
American football coach (1928-2003)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1928-02-21)February 21, 1928 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 2003(2003-08-07) (aged 75) Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma mater | DePauw (BA) North Dakota State (MS) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1950–1952 | Ishpeming HS (MI) |
| 1953 | Battle Creek Central HS (MI) (assistant) |
| 1954–1955 | North Dakota Agricultural (assistant) |
| 1956–1963 | North Central (IL) |
| 1964 | Morton East HS (IL) (assistant) |
| 1965 | Joliet Explorers |
| 1966 | Culver–Stockton |
| 1967 | Joliet Chargers |
| 1968–1969 | Crete-Monee HS (IL) |
| 1970 | Joliet Chargers |
| 1972 | Lake County Rifles |
| 1977 | Stateville Correctional Center |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 41–37–2 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 CCI (1960) | |
Jesse Aaron Vail II (February 21, 1928 – August 7, 2003) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois from 1956 to 1963 and at Culver–Stockton College in Canton, Missouri in 1966, compiling a career college football coaching record of 41–37–2.[1][2]
He also served as a football coach in a number of different capacities, including as the head coach of the Joliet Explorers of the Professional Football League of America in 1965 and 1967 and at Stateville Correctional Center in 1977.[3][4] He was also head coach for the Joliet Chargers when they played in the Midwest Professional Football League in 1970.[5]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central Cardinals (College Conference of Illinois) (1956–1963) | |||||||||
| 1956 | North Central | 2–6 | 1–6 | T–6th | |||||
| 1957 | North Central | 7–2 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1958 | North Central | 6–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1959 | North Central | 4–3–2 | 3–2–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1960 | North Central | 7–2 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1961 | North Central | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1962 | North Central | 4–5 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1963 | North Central | 3–6 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| Eureka: | 38–31–2 | 26–24–2 | |||||||
| Culver–Stockton Wildcats (Missouri College Athletic Union) (1966) | |||||||||
| 1966 | Culver–Stockton | 3–6 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
| Culver–Stockton: | 3–6 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 41–37–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Jesse Aaron Vail". legacy.com. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "1980 Culver-Stockton Program" (PDF). Culver–Stockton College. 1980. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "1967 Joliet Chargers". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ "Coffin Corner" (PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ "Stars' Defense Faces Test". Lansing State Journal. November 11, 1970. Retrieved April 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Jesse Vail at Find a Grave
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North Central Cardinals head football coaches
- Player coaches (1897–1899)
- T. Alexander (1900–1901)
- John Werner (1902–1903)
- George Unger (1904–1905)
- No team (1906–1912)
- Frank P. Cockrell (1913)
- Clint Osborne (1914–1916)
- Fred Kluckhohn (1917–1919)
- Harry Saxton (1920–1922)
- Walter Collins (1923–1925)
- Gordon R. Fisher (1926–1942)
- No team (1943)
- Len Bieber (1944)
- Lester Belding (1945)
- Herb Heilman (1946–1947)
- E. William Olson (1948–1955)
- Jesse Vail (1956–1963)
- Ralph McAlister (1964–1969)
- Dick Parker (1970–1971)
- Hank Guenther (1972–1974)
- Hank Guenther & Ron Guenther (1975–1978)
- George Badke (1979–1980)
- Lloyd Krumlauf (1981–1984)
- Paul Connor (1985–1992)
- Bill Mack (1993–1997)
- Joe DeGeorge (1998–2001)
- John Thorne (2002–2014)
- Jeff Thorne (2015–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Jeff Thorne (2021)
- Brad Spencer (2022– )
