Charles Joseph Jaskwhich (March 4, 1911 – January 12, 1988) was an American football player and coach.
Jaskwhich was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin to Polish immigrant parents. In the wake of Knute Rockne's death in 1931, Heartley Anderson took over the head coaching position and named Jaskwhich as a two-year starter at quarterback. He would post a record of 13-4-1. Jaskwhich also played for the basketball team.
After graduation, he would accept a position has head football coach for the Holy Cross Tigers in New Orleans, and then in 1938 would be hired as both head basketball coach and football backfield coach for Ole Miss. During World War II, he served in a temporary capacity as the assistant football coach for the Naval pre-flight school on the University of Georgia campus. Following the war, he had short stints as a backfield coach for Iowa and the AAFC's Buffalo Bills.
In 1949, he returned to his hometown to coach football and direct the athletic programs at Mary D. Bradford High School.
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