Jack Sisco

Jack Sisco

Sisco pictured in The Yucca 1940, North Texas State Teachers yearbook
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born November 2, 1904[1]
Texas, U.S.
Died December 18, 1983 (aged 79)[2]
Navarro County, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
19241926 Baylor
Position(s) Lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
19291941

Basketball
19331935

North Texas State Teachers


North Texas State Teachers
Head coaching record
Overall 743811 (football)
1527 (basketball)

Statistics

Accomplishments and honors

Championships

6 LSC (1932, 19351936, 19391941)

Robert Dickey "Jack" Sisco[3][4] was an American football player, coach, and official. He served as head football coach at the University of North Texas from 1929 to 1941. With a record of 743811, Sisco is the second winningest coach in school history, behind Odus Mitchell. His teams won seven conference championships and tied for three others.

A native of Waco, Texas, Sisco prepped at Waco High School playing under coach Paul Tyson.[5] He went on to attend Baylor University, where he was a lineman on the 1924 Baylor Bears football team that won the Southwest Conference title.[6]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
North Texas State Teachers Eagles (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1929–1930)
1929 North Texas State Teachers 442
1930 North Texas State Teachers 541
North Texas State Teachers Eagles (Lone Star Conference) (1931–1941)
1931 North Texas State Teachers 83
1932 North Texas State Teachers 811 1st
1933 North Texas State Teachers 342
1934 North Texas State Teachers 541
1935 North Texas State Teachers 531 T1st
1936 North Texas State Teachers 621 1st
1937 North Texas State Teachers 442
1938 North Texas State Teachers 74
1939 North Texas State Teachers 61 1st
1940 North Texas State Teachers 63 1st
1941 North Texas State Teachers 71 1st
North Texas State Teachers: 743811
Total: 743811

References

  1. Ratliff, Harold (1963). Autumn's Mightiest Legions: History of Texas Schoolboy Football. Waco: Texian Press. pp. 4145.
  2. A Look Through the Years: The 1924 Team

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