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Jack Welch
Current position
TitleSpecial teams coordinator & chief of staff
TeamTexas A&M–Commerce
ConferenceSouthland
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980West Texas State (GA)
1981Santo HS (TX)
1982–1984West Texas State (OC/ST)
1985–1986Kansas Wesleyan
1987–1992Fort Scott
1993Louisiana Tech (ST/TE)
1994–2017Copperas Cove HS (TX)
2019–presentTexas A&M–Commerce (ST/COS)
Head coaching record
Overall8–12 (college)
34–27 (junior college)
194–91–1 (high school)
Bowls0–3 (junior college)
Tournaments1–3 (KJCCC playoffs)

Jack Welch is an American football coach. He is the special teams coordinator and chief of staff at Texas A&M University–Commerce, a position he has held since 2019. Welch served as the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University from 1985 to 1986, Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas from 1987 to 1992, and Copperas Cove High School in Copperas Cove, Texas from 1994 to 2017.

Coaching career

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Kansas Wesleyan

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Welch was the 17th head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas serving for two seasons, from 1985 to 1986, and compiling a record of 8–12.[1]

The results Welch produced at Kansas Wesleyan were considered a "turnaround" because the year before his arrival, the team had winless season.[2] At the time, the program had the nations's longest losing streak in NAIA football.[3]

Other coaching positions

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Welch's coaching career also includes stops at Texas A&M University–Commerce, Louisiana Tech University, West Texas A&M University, Fort Scott Community College.[4]

Welch is known nationally for his recruiting and special teams, and his collegiate offensive units were highly ranked every season. He was hired in 2019 as the Special Teams Coordinator and Running Back Coach at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He has most wins ever as head coach at Copperas Cove and Ft. Scott Community College.

Welch retired in 2018 from his positions as the athletic director and head football coach for Copperas Cove High School in Copperas Cove, Texas.[5] He had record of 194–91–1 at Copperas Cove. Welch's accomplishments also include 18 berths in the state playoffs and two appearances in the Texas 4A State Championship. Welch led the Bulldawgs to eight district, ten bi-district, five area, four regional, three quarterfinal, and two state semifinal championships. Welch has the most wins of any head coach in Copperas Cove history with victories over many of Texas' most notorious 5A and 6A power houses including Odessa Permian, Converse Judson and Southlake Carroll. Welch was Class 6A "Coach of the Year" in 1998 and has been the District "Coach of the Year" eight times. He coached over 300 players at Copperas Cove who signed college scholarships and 15 players who made it to the professional ranks, 13 National Football League (NFL), including Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III and Charles Tillman, 1 to the CFL and 1 to the XFL. He is one of the top 100 coaches in wins in Texas history of high school football.

Education

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Welch earned a bachelor's degree from Taylor University in Indiana, a master's degree from West Texas A&M University, and a doctorate from the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor.[6]

Head coaching record

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College

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic ConferenceMusician) (1985–1986)
1985 Kansas Wesleyan 2–8 2–7 T–8th
1986 Kansas Wesleyan 6–4 6–3 T–4th
Kansas Wesleyan: 8–12 8–10
Total: 8–12

Junior college

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Fort Scott Greyhounds (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) (1987–1992)
1987 Fort Scott 3–6 0–6 6th
1988 Fort Scott 5–4 2–4 T–5th
1989 Fort Scott 5–4 2–4 T–4th
1990 Fort Scott 6–5 3–3 T–3rd L KJCCC semifinal, L RC Cola Bowl
1991 Fort Scott 7–4 4–2 T–3rd L KJCCC semifinal, L Midwest Bowl
1992 Fort Scott 8–4 4–2 T–2nd L KJCCC semifinal, L Valley of the Sun Bowl
Fort Scott: 34–27 15–21
Total: 34–27

High school

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Santo Wildcats () (1981)
1981 Santo 2–7
Santo: 2–7
Copperas Cove Bulldawgs () (1994–2017)
1994 Copperas Cove 5–3–1
1995 Copperas Cove 2–8
1996 Copperas Cove 7–3
1997 Copperas Cove 5–5
1998 Copperas Cove 10–3 3rd
1999 Copperas Cove 9–2 2nd
2000 Copperas Cove 11–1 1st
2001 Copperas Cove 11–1 1st
2002 Copperas Cove 7–4 3rd
2003 Copperas Cove 6–4
2004 Copperas Cove 11–2 7–0 1st
2005 Copperas Cove 13–1 7–0 1st
2006 Copperas Cove 12–3 4–1 2nd
2007 Copperas Cove 11–3 2–2 2nd
2008 Copperas Cove 13–2 2nd
2009 Copperas Cove 8–3 3rd
2010 Copperas Cove 9–2 2nd
2011 Copperas Cove 10–2 1st
2012 Copperas Cove 7–4 2nd
2013 Copperas Cove 6–5 4th
2014 Copperas Cove 7–4 2nd
2015 Copperas Cove 3–8 3–3 3rd
2016 Copperas Cove 4–5 2–4 5th
2017 Copperas Cove 5–6 3–3 3rd
Copperas Cove: 192–84–1
Total: 194–91–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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  1. ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived October 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes coaching records
  2. ^ The Fort Scott Tribune "Hounds hope hard work turns in to playoff berth" by Dave Wagner, September 2, 1987
  3. ^ The Fort Scott Tribune "FSCC Hires New Coach for Football" by John Lechliter, February 19, 1987
  4. ^ KWTX.com "Jack of All Trades: Copperas Cove Head Coach Jack Welch" by Adam Winkler, March 11, 2008
  5. ^ coveleaderpress.com CCISD board approves Welch resignation
  6. ^ Javelina Bulletin "5 candidates to interview for head football coach" December 15, 1999
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