John McLaughry

John McLaughry

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1917-04-08)April 8, 1917 New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
Died	Providence, Rhode Island
Playing career
1937–1939	Brown
1940	New York Giants
Position(s)	Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946	Connecticut (backfield)
1947–1949	Union (NY)
1950–1958	Amherst
1959–1966	Brown
Head coaching record
Overall	78–80–8
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

John Jackson McLaughry (April 8, 1917 – November 28, 2007) was an American football player and coach. He attended Brown University, graduating in 1940 and earning All-American honors as a player. In 1940, he played one season with the New York Giants. After serving in the Pacific theater during World War II he returned to football, becoming an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut. He then served as a head coach at Union College (1947–1949), Amherst College (1950–1958), and Brown University (1959–1966). While his career at his first two coaching jobs was highly successful, his time at Brown was considered a disappointment as he posted just one winning season in eight years. After his coaching career he became Director of Summer and Special Projects at Brown University and spent a great deal of his time painting before dying on November 28, 2007.

McLaughry was the son of Tuss McLaughry, head football coach at Brown from 1926 to 1940. McLaughry thus played for his own father while in college.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Union Dutchmens () (1947–1949)
1947	Union	3–5
1948	Union	7–1
1949	Union	7–0–1
Union:		17–6–1
Amherst Lord Jeffs (Little Three) (1950–1958)
1950	Amherst	4–3–1	0–1–1	2nd
1951	Amherst	2–5–1	0–1–1	2nd
1952	Amherst	4–3–1	1–0–1	1st
1953	Amherst	7–0–1	1–0–1	1st
1954	Amherst	6–2	2–0	1st
1955	Amherst	3–4	1–1	2nd
1956	Amherst	5–3	1–1	2nd
1957	Amherst	7–1	1–1	2nd
1958	Amherst	6–2	1–1	2nd
Amherst:		44–23–4	8–6–2
Brown Bears (Ivy League) (1959–1966)
1959	Brown	2–6–1	1–5–1	7th
1960	Brown	3–6	1–6	T–7th
1961	Brown	0–9	0–7	8th
1962	Brown	1–6–2	0–6–1	8th
1963	Brown	3–5	2–5	7th
1964	Brown	5–4	3–4	T–5th
1965	Brown	2–7	1–6	T–7th
1966	Brown	1–8	0–7	8th
Brown:		17–51–3	8–46–2
Total:		61–74–7
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

External links

• John McLaughry at Pro-Football-Reference.com