R. Jack Behringer (May 13, 1925 – October 5, 2011) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 13, 1925 Lima, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | October 5, 2011 (aged 86) Grove City, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Defiance (1949) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1946–1948 | Defiance |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1949 | Wooster HS (OH) |
| 1950 | Wooster (assistant) |
| 1956–1972 | Grove City |
| Basketball | |
| 1950–1951 | Wooster (freshmen) |
| 1956–1957 | Grove City |
| Baseball | |
| 1959–1988 | Grove City |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1957–1996 | Grove City |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 69–68–9 (college football) 12–6 (college basketball) |
Behringer was a 1949 graduate of Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio.[1] After spending time as an assistant coach at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, Behringer began a long career in athletics Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He served as the school's head football coach from 1956 to 1972.[2] He also served as the head basketball coach at Grove City during the 1956–57 season,[3] but his longest coaching tenure was as Grove City's baseball coach, serving from 1959 to 1988.[4]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City Wolverines (NAIA / NAIA Division II independent) (1956–1972) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Grove City | 0–8 | |||||||
| 1957 | Grove City | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1958 | Grove City | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1959 | Grove City | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1960 | Grove City | 2–4–3 | |||||||
| 1961 | Grove City | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1962 | Grove City | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1963 | Grove City | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1964 | Grove City | 4–5 | |||||||
| 1965 | Grove City | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1966 | Grove City | 8–0–1 | |||||||
| 1967 | Grove City | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1968 | Grove City | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1969 | Grove City | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| 1970 | Grove City | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1971 | Grove City | 2–6–1 | |||||||
| 1972 | Grove City | 0–8 | |||||||
| Grove City: | 69–68–9 | ||||||||
| Total: | 69–68–9 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "R. Jack Behringer". alliednews.com. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ "Jack Behringer". Grove City Wolverines. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Records". Grove City Wolverines. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ "Baseball Year by Year Records". athletics.GCC.edu. Grove City College. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Jack Behringer; Football". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
- ^ "Football Year-by-Year Records". Grove City College. Retrieved February 13, 2024.