John Christenbury

John Christenbury

Christenbury pictured in The Tecoan 1942, ECU yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born	February 13, 1907(1907-02-13)
Place of birth	North Carolina
Died	July 1, 1944(1944-07-01) (aged 37)
Place of death	Port Chicago, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1940-1941	East Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	13-2 (football)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

John Boyd Christenbury (February 13, 1907 – July 1, 1944) was East Carolina Teachers College sixth head football coach. He was also the head basketball and baseball coach. He coached during the 1940 and 1941 seasons. His 1941 team went 7-0. This is currently the only time an ECU team has gone undefeated. He finished his two years with a 13-2 record. He did not coach in 1942 because of the outbreak of World War II. The Christenbury Memorial Gymnasium was named in the honor of Coach Christenbury on January 6, 1953. Christenbury was killed in an explosion at Port Chicago, California on July 1, 1944. He was inducted into the ECU Hall of Fame in 1993.

1 Head coaching record
- 1.1 Football
2 References
3 External links

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall
1940	East Carolina	6-2
1941	East Carolina	7-0
Total:		13-2
^†Indicates BCS bowl game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

References

External links

East Carolina head football coaches

Kenneth Beatty (1932–1933)
Doc Mathis (1934–1935)
Bo Farley (1936)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
O. A. Hankner (1939)
John Christenbury (1940–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Jim Johnson (1946–1948)
Bill Dole (1949–1951)
Jack Boone (1952–1961)
Clarence Stasavich (1962–1969)
Mike McGee (1970)
Sonny Randle (1971–1973)
Pat Dye (1974–1979)
Ed Emory (1980–1984)
Art Baker (1985–1988)
Bill Lewis (1989–1991)
Steve Logan (1992–2002)
John Thompson (2003–2004)
Skip Holtz (2005–2009)
Ruffin McNeill (2010– )

East Carolina Pirates men's basketball head coaches

C. W. Porter (1931–1932)
C. K. Beatty (1932–1934)
Doc Mathis (1934–1936)
Bo Farley (1936–1937)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
Gordon Gilbert (1938–1939)
Bo Farley (1939–1940)
John Christenbury (1940–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Unknown (1944–1945)
Earl Smith (1945–1946)
Jim Johnson (1946–1947)
Howard Porter (1947–1959)
Earl Smith (1959–1963)
Wendell Carr (1963–1966)
Tom Quinn (1966–1974)
Dave Patton (1974–1977)
Larry Gillman (1977–1979)
Dave Odom (1979–1982)
Charlie Harrison (1982–1987)
Mike Steele (1987–1991)
Eddie Payne (1991–1995)
Joe Dooley (1995–1999)
Bill Herrion (1999–2005)
Ricky Stokes (2005–2007)
Mack McCarthy (2007–2010)
Jeff Lebo (2010– )

East Carolina Pirates head baseball coaches

R. C. Deal (1932–1933)
W. O. Jolly (1934)
Bo Farley (1935–1938)
Gordon Gilbert (1939)
Bo Farley (1940)
John Christenbury (1941)
Unknown (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Unknown (1946–1949)
Jack Boone (1950–1953)
Jim Mallory (1954–1962)
Earl Smith (1973–1972)
Jim Mallory (1973)
George Williams (1974–1976)
Monte Little (1977–1979)
Hal Baird (1980–1984)
Gary Overton (1985–1997)
Keith LeClair (1998–2002)
Randy Mazey (2003–2005)
Billy Godwin (2006– )

Persondata
Name	Christenbury, John
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 13, 1907
Place of birth	North Carolina
Date of death	July 1, 1944
Place of death	Port Chicago, California

John Christenbury

Contents

Head coaching record

Football

References

External links