Jack Carlisle

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Jack Carlisle
Biographical details
Born(1929-09-23)September 23, 1929
DiedJuly 27, 2021(2021-07-27) (aged 91)
New Albany, Mississippi
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1952Ethel HS (MS)
1953–1955Lula–Rich HS (MS)
1956–1958Nettleton HS (MS)
1959–1960Collierville HS (TN)
1961–1970Murrah HS (MS)
1971–1974Jackson Prep HS (MS)
1975–1977Ole Miss (JV)
1978–1982East Tennessee State
1983–1993Madison-Ridgeland (MS)
1994St. Joseph HS (MS) (assistant)
1997Jackson Prep HS (MS) (assistant)
1998East Central CC (MS) (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall15–18 (college)

Jack Mason Carlisle (September 23, 1929 – July 27, 2021) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee from 1978 to 1982.[1]

As a high school football coach at Lula–Rich High School in Mississippi, he coached future Silence of the Lambs novelist Thomas Harris.[2]

Carlisle only had one leg due to an accident when he was 18 years old.[3]

He died on July 27, 2021, at his home in New Albany.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jack Carlisle". Sports-Reference CFB. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "Jack Carlisle". Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "Book Details Career of Legendary Coach Jack Carlisle". Clarion Ledger. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Carlisle, Zac (28 July 2021). "Great Mississippi high school football coach Jack Carlisle died at 91". WTVA. Retrieved 28 July 2021.


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