Jack Meagher

For other people named John Meagher, see John Meagher (disambiguation).

Jack Meagher

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	October 1, 1896(1896-10-01)
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Died	November 1968 (aged 72)
Playing career
1916 1920	Notre Dame Chicago Tigers
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1929–1933 1934–1942 1944 1946	Rice Auburn Iowa Pre-Flight Miami Seahawks
Head coaching record
Overall	84–64–10 (college) 1–5 (AAFC)
Bowls	1–0–1
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
SEC Coach of the Year (1935)

John Francis "Jack" Meagher (October 1, 1896 – November 1968) was an American football player and coach. From 1929 to 1933, he served as the head football coach at Rice University, where he compiled a 26–26 record. From 1934 to 1942, he coached at Auburn University, where he compiled a 48–37–10 record. 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.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP^#
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1929–1933)
1929	Rice	2–7	0–5	7th
1930	Rice	8–4	2–4	6th
1931	Rice	6–4	3–3	4th
1932	Rice	7–3	3–3	3rd
1933	Rice	3–8	1–5	7th
Rice:		26–26	9–20
Auburn Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1934–1942)
1934	Auburn	2–8	1–6	10th
1935	Auburn	8–2	5–2	4th
1936	Auburn	7–2–2	4–1–1	3rd	T Bacardi
1937	Auburn	6–2–3	4–1–2	3rd	W Orange
1938	Auburn	4–5–1	3–3–1	T–7th
1939	Auburn	5–5–1	3–3–1	T–5th
1940	Auburn	6–4–1	3–2–1	5th
1941	Auburn	4–5–1	0–4–1	11th
1942	Auburn	6–4–1	3–3	7th		16
Auburn:		48–37–10	26–25–7
Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks (Independent) (1944)
1944	Iowa Pre-Flight	10–1				6
Iowa Pre-Flight:		10–1
Total:		84–64–10
^#Rankings from final AP Poll.

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks head football coaches

Bernie Bierman (1942) Don Faurot (1943) Jack Meagher (1944)

Miami Seahawks

Defunct All-America Football Conference club (1946) · Based in Miami, Florida

The Franchise	Miami Seahawks · Players

Stadia	Burdine Stadium

Owner	Harvey Hester

Head Coaches	Jack Meagher · Hamp Pool

Seasons	1946

Lore	Baltimore Colts · Pioneers of Monday Night Football

Persondata
Name	Meagher, Jack
Alternative names	Meagher, John Francis
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	October 1, 1896
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death	November 1968
Place of death