Jack Welch is an American football coach. He is the special teams coordinator and chief of staff at Texas A&M University–Commerce, a position he has held since 2019. Welch served as the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University from 1985 to 1986, Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas from 1987 to 1992, and Copperas Cove High School in Copperas Cove, Texas from 1994 to 2017.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Special teams coordinator & chief of staff |
| Team | Texas A&M–Commerce |
| Conference | Southland |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1980 | West Texas State (GA) |
| 1981 | Santo HS (TX) |
| 1982–1984 | West Texas State (OC/ST) |
| 1985–1986 | Kansas Wesleyan |
| 1987–1992 | Fort Scott |
| 1993 | Louisiana Tech (ST/TE) |
| 1994–2017 | Copperas Cove HS (TX) |
| 2019–present | Texas A&M–Commerce (ST/COS) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–12 (college) 34–27 (junior college) 194–91–1 (high school) |
| Bowls | 0–3 (junior college) |
| Tournaments | 1–3 (KJCCC playoffs) |
Coaching career
editKansas Wesleyan
editWelch 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]
Other coaching positions
editWelch's coaching career also includes stops at Texas A&M University–Commerce, Louisiana Tech University, West Texas A&M University, Fort Scott Community College.[4]
Welch is known nationally for his recruiting and special teams, and his collegiate offensive units were highly ranked every season. He was hired in 2019 as the Special Teams Coordinator and Running Back Coach at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He has most wins ever as head coach at Copperas Cove and Ft. Scott Community College.
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 194–91–1 at Copperas Cove. Welch's accomplishments also include 18 berths in the state playoffs and two appearances in the Texas 4A State Championship. Welch led the Bulldawgs to eight district, ten bi-district, five area, four regional, three quarterfinal, and two state semifinal championships. Welch has the most wins of any head coach in Copperas Cove history with victories over many of Texas' most notorious 5A and 6A power houses 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 at Copperas Cove who signed college scholarships and 15 players who made it to the professional ranks, 13 National Football League (NFL), including Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III and Charles Tillman, 1 to the CFL and 1 to the XFL. He is one of the top 100 coaches in wins in Texas history of high school football.
Education
editWelch earned a bachelor's degree from Taylor University in Indiana, a master's degree from West Texas A&M University, and a doctorate from the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor.[6]
Head coaching record
editCollege
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic ConferenceMusician) (1985–1986) | |||||||||
| 1985 | Kansas Wesleyan | 2–8 | 2–7 | T–8th | |||||
| 1986 | Kansas Wesleyan | 6–4 | 6–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Kansas Wesleyan: | 8–12 | 8–10 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–12 | ||||||||
Junior college
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Scott Greyhounds (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) (1987–1992) | |||||||||
| 1987 | Fort Scott | 3–6 | 0–6 | 6th | |||||
| 1988 | Fort Scott | 5–4 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1989 | Fort Scott | 5–4 | 2–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1990 | Fort Scott | 6–5 | 3–3 | T–3rd | L KJCCC semifinal, L RC Cola Bowl | ||||
| 1991 | Fort Scott | 7–4 | 4–2 | T–3rd | L KJCCC semifinal, L Midwest Bowl | ||||
| 1992 | Fort Scott | 8–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | L KJCCC semifinal, L Valley of the Sun Bowl | ||||
| Fort Scott: | 34–27 | 15–21 | |||||||
| Total: | 34–27 | ||||||||
High school
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Wildcats () (1981) | |||||||||
| 1981 | Santo | 2–7 | |||||||
| Santo: | 2–7 | ||||||||
| Copperas Cove Bulldawgs () (1994–2017) | |||||||||
| 1994 | Copperas Cove | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1995 | Copperas Cove | 2–8 | |||||||
| 1996 | Copperas Cove | 7–3 | |||||||
| 1997 | Copperas Cove | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1998 | Copperas Cove | 10–3 | 3rd | ||||||
| 1999 | Copperas Cove | 9–2 | 2nd | ||||||
| 2000 | Copperas Cove | 11–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 2001 | Copperas Cove | 11–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 2002 | Copperas Cove | 7–4 | 3rd | ||||||
| 2003 | Copperas Cove | 6–4 | |||||||
| 2004 | Copperas Cove | 11–2 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2005 | Copperas Cove | 13–1 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2006 | Copperas Cove | 12–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2007 | Copperas Cove | 11–3 | 2–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2008 | Copperas Cove | 13–2 | 2nd | ||||||
| 2009 | Copperas Cove | 8–3 | 3rd | ||||||
| 2010 | Copperas Cove | 9–2 | 2nd | ||||||
| 2011 | Copperas Cove | 10–2 | 1st | ||||||
| 2012 | Copperas Cove | 7–4 | 2nd | ||||||
| 2013 | Copperas Cove | 6–5 | 4th | ||||||
| 2014 | Copperas Cove | 7–4 | 2nd | ||||||
| 2015 | Copperas Cove | 3–8 | 3–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 2016 | Copperas Cove | 4–5 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2017 | Copperas Cove | 5–6 | 3–3 | 3rd | |||||
| Copperas Cove: | 192–84–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 194–91–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived October 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes coaching records
- ^ The Fort Scott Tribune "Hounds hope hard work turns in to playoff berth" by Dave Wagner, September 2, 1987
- ^ The Fort Scott Tribune "FSCC Hires New Coach for Football" by John Lechliter, February 19, 1987
- ^ KWTX.com "Jack of All Trades: Copperas Cove Head Coach Jack Welch" by Adam Winkler, March 11, 2008
- ^ coveleaderpress.com CCISD board approves Welch resignation
- ^ Javelina Bulletin "5 candidates to interview for head football coach" December 15, 1999