John Hendrick (American football)

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John Hendrick
Current position
Title Defensive Coordinator
Team Hinds Community College
Playing career
1978–1981 Pittsburgh
Position(s) Defensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983 Delaware State (assistant)
1984–1985 Pittsburgh (assistant)
1986 Southern (assistant)
1987–1988 Texas A&M (assistant)
1989–1990 LSU (OT/TE)
1991–1992 Kansas State (DL)
1993–1994 Temple (DL)
1995–2002 Mississippi State (DL/ST)
2003–2006 Benedict
2007 South Carolina State (DC)
2008–2010 South Florida (DL/ST)
2011 Tulane (DL/ST)
2012–2013 Alabama State (DE/ST)
2014 Arkansas–Pine Bluff (ST)
2015Alabama State (DE/ST)
2016–2018 Jackson State (DC)
2018Jackson State (interim HC)
2019Jackson State
Head coaching record
Overall24–34

John Hendrick is an American college football coach and former professional player. He is currently the defensive coordinator and an assistant football coach at Hinds Community College since 2021. [1] He is the former head football coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, a position he had assumed midway through the 2018 season and maintained throughout the 2019 season. Hendrick served as the head football coach at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina from 2003 to 2006. [2]

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Hendrick was a four-year letter winner at the University of Pittsburgh from 1978 to 1981 as a defensive lineman under head coach Jackie Sherrill, where he was a teammate of quarterback Dan Marino. [3]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Benedict Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2003–2006)
2003 Benedict6–54–4T–5th
2004 Benedict3–82–67th
2005 Benedict6–54–56th
2006 Benedict3–72–58th
Benedict:18–2511–21
Jackson State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(2018–2019)
2018 Jackson State 2–1 [n 1] 2–1 [n 1] 3rd (East)
2019 Jackson State 4–83–44th (East)
Jackson State:6–95–5
Total:24–34

Notes

  1. 1 2 Tony Hughes served as the head football coach for the first seven games of the 2018 before he was fired. Jackson State finished the season with an overall record of 5–5 and a mark of 4–3 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play.

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References

  1. "John Hendrick - Football Coach".
  2. "John Hendrick". bamastatesports.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  3. Nunez, Tammy (February 17, 2011). "Tulane makes it official, John Hendrick is the new special teams coordinator/defensive line coach". Times-Picayune. Retrieved January 13, 2018.