Sport(s) Football Title not known | Team Oklahoma Baptist Name Jack Peavey Children Kolt Peavey | |
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John A. "Jack" Peavey (born June 6, 1963) was a college athletics administrator and former American football player and coach. Peavey served as the head football coach at William Paterson University from 1997 to 1999 and at Southwest Baptist University from 2005 to 2006, compiling a career college football record of 9–43. He played professionally in the NFL with the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos.
Coaching career
Peavey has over 20 years of football coaching experience. He has had great success at the high school level his record is 44-4-2, and moderate success at the college level. In four seasons as the head coach at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Peavey led the Shamrocks to four state championship title games and won three of them in a row. The Shamrocks were also league champions all four years. Peavey also helped lead Foxboro High School to back to back state championships.
Collegiately, Peavey is a former head football coach for the William Paterson University Pioneers football team in Wayne Township, New Jersey. He served for three years, 1997–1999, and compiled a 5–25 overall record (1–14 conference). A highlight during this otherwise unsuccessful campaign was leading the Pioneers to their first road win in 25 games and their first home victory in three years. In 1998, his offense led the conference in rushing. Peavey's only other collegiate head coaching job was at Southwest Baptist University, where he spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In two years, he compiled a 4–18 record, and then resigned in July 2007. Peavey now serves as the Interim Director of the Recreation and Wellness Center at Oklahoma Baptist University. Oklahoma Baptist University recently decided to bring back the football program after 75 years of inactivity.