John Whitehead (American football)

John Whitehead
Biographical details
White pictured in Epitome 1980, Lehigh yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1924-09-07)September 7, 1924 Summit Hill, Pennsylvania
Died	January 20, 2002(2002-01-20) (aged 77)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950	Scotland School (PA) (assistant)
1954	Stroud Union HS (PA) (assistant)
1955–1957	Stroud Union HS (PA)
1958–1962	Middletown HS (NY)
1963–1966	Carlisle HS (PA)
1967–1969	Lehigh (line)
1970–1975	Lehigh (OC)
1976–1985	Lehigh
Head coaching record
Overall	75–38–2 (college)
Tournaments	3–0 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 1–2 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NCAA D-II National

John C. Whitehead (September 7, 1924 – January 20, 2002) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1976 to 1985, compiling a record of 75–38–2. His 1977 team at Lehigh won the NCAA Division II Championship and his 1979 was the runner-up in the NCAA Division I-AA Championship playoffs. Whitehead was born on September 7, 1924 in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania. He died on January 20, 2002.^[1]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Bowl/playoffs
Lehigh Engineers (NCAA Division II independent) (1976–1977)
1976	Lehigh	6–5
1977	Lehigh	12–2	W NCAA Division II Championship (Pioneer)
Lehigh Engineers (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1978–1985)
1978	Lehigh	8–3
1979	Lehigh	10–3	L NCAA Division I-AA Championship
1980	Lehigh	9–1–2	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
1981	Lehigh	8–3
1982	Lehigh	4–6
1983	Lehigh	8–3
1984	Lehigh	5–6
1985	Lehigh	5–6
Lehigh:		75–38–2
Total:		75–38–2

References

↑ "Former Lehigh Football Coach And Athletics Director John Whitehead Passes Away". The Patriot League Official Athletic Site. CBS Interactive. January 21, 2002. Retrieved November 3, 2011.

External links

John Whitehead at the College Football Data Warehouse

Lehigh Mountain Hawks head football coaches

No coach (1884–1891)
John A. Hartwell (1892)
Harmon S. Graves (1893)
William Heffelfinger (1894)
Laurie Bliss (1895)
L. N. Morris (1896)
Samuel M. Hammond (1897)
Samuel Huston Thompson (1898–1899)
Walter R. Okeson (1900)
J. W. H. Pollard (1901)
Samuel B. Newton (1902–1905)
Byron W. Dickson (1906–1909)
Howard R. Reiter (1910–1911)
Tom Keady (1912–1920)
Frank Glick (1921)
James A. Baldwin (1922–1924)
Percy L. Wendell (1925–1927)
A. Austin Tate (1928–1933)
Glen Harmeson (1934–1941)
George Hoban (1942)
Leo Prendergast (1943–1945)
William Leckonby (1946–1961)
Mike Cooley (1962–1964)
Frederick Dunlap (1965–1975)
John Whitehead (1976–1985)
Hank Small (1986–1993)
Kevin Higgins (1994–2000)
Pete Lembo (2001–2005)
Andy Coen (2006– )

Lehigh Mountain Hawks athletic directors

Howard R. Reiter (1910–1934) Nelson A. Kellogg (1934–1939) Glen Harmeson (1939–1942) James Gordon # (1942–1943) Glen Harmeson (?–1946) Percy L. Sadler (1946–1962) William Leckonby (1962–1984) Richard P. Gibney (1984–1986) John Whitehead (1986–1989) Joe Sterrett (1989– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

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