- Jack Elway
John Albert "Jack" Elway, Sr. (b.1932, d.
April 15 ,2001 ) was a football coach and the father of the Hall of Famequarterback John Elway .Jack Elway was a native of Hoquiam in southwestern
Washington and played quarterback at Washington State in the 1950s in Pullman, where he earned both bachelor's and master's degrees.Elway then taught and coached at Port Angeles High School. From 1961-1966 he was the head coach at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, near his hometown of Hoquiam. In 1966 he became an assistant at the
University of Montana in Missoula, then moved to hisalma mater at Washington State under Jim Sweeney, staying through the 1975 season.Head coach
In 1976, Jack Elway became a head coach, serving at Cal State Northridge in the
San Fernando Valley from 1976-78. At that time, his son John was impressing college scouts while playingquarterback atGranada Hills High School , inviting scores of scholarship offers. John selected Stanford, enrolling in 1978.After three seasons at Northridge, Jack Elway moved up the coast to San Jose State from 83, where his first
offensive coordinator wasDennis Erickson . San Jose State had considerable success, especially against the other local I-A teams, Stanford and California. Elway compiled an overall record of 35-20-1.After John's graduation from Stanford, Jack Elway moved the few miles up the peninsula to be the Stanford head coach for five seasons, from 88, where he compiled a less than satisfying 25-29-2 record (.446). He later coached the
Frankfurt Galaxy of theWorld League of American Football during the team's first two years of competition (1991-92). Elway later worked as a scout, then consultant, to theDenver Broncos . He died in April 2001, following an apparent heart attack inPalm Springs, California .Jack Elway was survived by his wife Jan, daughters Lee Ann and Jana, son John, and eight grandchildren. Jana, a non-smoker and
twin sister of John, died of lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 42.External links
* [http://espn.go.com/classic/obit/s/2001/0416/1173867.html ESPN.com] Jack Elway dies 16-Apr-2001
* [http://sanjosestate.scout.com/2/511651.html Remembering SJSU's Jack Elway]
* [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=698 YCollege Football Data Warehouse] - Jack Elway's coaching record
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