John Gagliardi
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| Date of birth | November 1, 1926 | |
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| Place of birth | Trinidad, Colorado | |
| Sport | College football | |
| College | St. John's University | |
| Title | Head Coach | |
| Record with Team | 419–114–10 (.782) | |
| Overall Record | 443–120–11 (.781) | |
| Championships won |
Division III: 1976, 2003 NAIA: 1963, 1965 |
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| Coaching Stats | College Football DataWarehouse | |
| School as a player | ||
| Schools as a coach | ||
| 1953-present 1949-1952 |
St. John's University Carroll College |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 2006 | ||
John Gagliardi (b. November 1, 1926 in Trinidad, Colo.) is a head collegiate football coach. He is college football's career coaching victories leader with 443 wins.
Born to Ventura and Antoinetta Gagliardi, John Gagliardi began coaching football in 1943 at the age of 16 when his high school coach was called into service during World War II. He was a player-coach for his remaing two years of high school.
After high school, Gagliardi enrolled in and was graduated from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo. earning a Bachelor's degree. At the age of 22, Gagliardi returned to the coaching ranks at Carroll College in Helena, Mont. In four seasons as head coach at Carroll, Gagliardi compiled a 24-6-1 record winning three conference championships.
Galiardi left Carroll for the Catholic Benedictine school Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minn. for the simple reason that Saint John's was offering twice what he was making in Montana.
In 54 seasons at Saint John's, Gagliardi has won a school- and conference-record 25 MIAC titles and four national championships.
Gagliardi owns a 443-120-11 (.781) career record and a 419-114-10 (.782) record at Saint John's.
He broke the record for NCAA career coaching wins on November 8, 2003 passing Eddie Robinson with his 409th win. The win also gave Saint John's their 23rd MIAC championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA playoff.
In 1993, the NCAA began awarding the Gagliardi Trophy to the most outstanding player in Division III.
On August 11, 2006 Gagliardi became the first active head coach to be enshrined to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Gagliardi is known for his unique coaching approach he calls “Winning with No's.” No calling him coach, simply call him John. No calisthenics. No tackling during practice. No whistles.
More information on Gagliardi, his program, and his unique coaching style can be found in Austin Murphy's book The Sweet Season and Jim Collison's book No-How Coaching.
