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American football player and coach (born 1948) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Jackson (born July 8, 1948) is a former American football player and coach.
Biographical details | |
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Born | Scotch Plains, New Jersey, U.S. | July 8, 1948
Playing career | |
1967–1970 | Penn State |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1978–1982 | Connecticut (OL) |
1983–1993 | Connecticut |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 62–57 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
3 Yankee (1983, 1986, 1989) | |
Awards | |
Yankee Conference Coach of the Year (1986) UPI New England Coach of the Year (1986) | |
From Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Jackson played college football from 1967 to 1970 for Penn State.[1] Recruited as a part of Joe Paterno's first recruiting class, Jackson earned All-East honors as a guard in 1968 and 1969.[2] Jackson served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1983 to 1993, compiling a record of 62–57. He resigned on November 17, 1993.[3] Prior to taking over as head coach at Connecticut in 1983, Jackson served as the offensive line coach there.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Connecticut Huskies (Yankee Conference) (1983–1993) | |||||||||
1983 | Connecticut | 5–6 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
1984 | Connecticut | 3–8 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
1985 | Connecticut | 4–5 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
1986 | Connecticut | 8–3 | 5–2 | T–1st | |||||
1987 | Connecticut | 7–4 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
1988 | Connecticut | 7–4 | 4–4 | T–3rd | |||||
1989 | Connecticut | 8–3 | 6–2 | T–1st | |||||
1990 | Connecticut | 6–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd | |||||
1991 | Connecticut | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–7th | |||||
1992 | Connecticut | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
1993 | Connecticut | 6–5 | 5–3 | 3rd (New England) | |||||
Connecticut: | 62–57 | 42–35 | |||||||
Total: | 62–57 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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