Jesse Vail

Jesse Aaron Vail II (February 21, 1928 – August 7, 2003) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois from 1956 to 1963 and at Culver–Stockton College in Canton, Missouri in 1966, compiling a career college football coaching record of 41–37–2.^[1][2]

Jesse Vail

Biographical details
Born	(1928-02-21)February 21, 1928 Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 7, 2003(2003-08-07) (aged 75) Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma mater	DePauw (BA) North Dakota State (MS)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950–1952	Ishpeming HS (MI)
1953	Battle Creek Central HS (MI) (assistant)
1954–1955	North Dakota Agricultural (assistant)
1956–1963	North Central (IL)
1964	Morton East HS (IL) (assistant)
1965	Joliet Explorers
1966	Culver–Stockton
1967	Joliet Chargers
1968–1969	Crete-Monee HS (IL)
1970	Joliet Chargers
1972	Lake County Rifles
1977	Stateville Correctional Center
Head coaching record
Overall	41–37–2 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 CCI (1960)

He also served as a football coach in a number of different capacities, including as the head coach of the Joliet Explorers of the Professional Football League of America in 1965 and 1967 and at Stateville Correctional Center in 1977.^[3][4] He was also head coach for the Joliet Chargers when they played in the Midwest Professional Football League in 1970.^[5]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
North Central Cardinals (College Conference of Illinois) (1956–1963)
1956	North Central	2–6	1–6	T–6th
1957	North Central	7–2	5–2	3rd
1958	North Central	6–3	5–2	T–2nd
1959	North Central	4–3–2	3–2–2	5th
1960	North Central	7–2	4–1	T–1st
1961	North Central	5–4	3–3	4th
1962	North Central	4–5	3–4	6th
1963	North Central	3–6	2–4	6th
Eureka:		38–31–2	26–24–2
Culver–Stockton Wildcats (Missouri College Athletic Union) (1966)
1966	Culver–Stockton	3–6	1–2	5th
Culver–Stockton:		3–6	1–2
Total:		41–37–2
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth