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Jack Clayton
	Clayton in 1953
Biographical details
Born	January 4, 1915
Died	January 26, 1997 (aged 82); Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1940	Bossier HS (LA)
1947	Western Kentucky (assistant)
1948–1956	Western Kentucky
1957–1966	Northwestern State
Basketball
1946–1947	Centenary
Baseball
1967–1968	Northwestern State
Head coaching record
Overall	108–68–4 (college football); 16–7 (college basketball); 42–22–3 (college baseball)
Bowls	1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; OVC (1952); 4 Gulf States (1957, 1958, 1962, 1966)

Jack H. Clayton (January 4, 1915 – January 26, 1997) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.^[1] He served as the head men's basketball coach at Centenary College of Louisiana during the 1946–1947 before moving to Bowling Green, Kentucky to become the head football coach at Western Kentucky State College from 1948 to 1956.^[2] Clayton later became the head football coach (1957–1966)^[3] and head baseball coach (1967–1968) at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.^{[citation needed]}

A native of Haughton, Louisiana, Clayton died of congestive heart failure, on January 26, 1997, at Willis-Knighton Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana.^[4]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1956)
1948	Western Kentucky	5–4	2–3	5th
1949	Western Kentucky	5–4	2–3	6th
1950	Western Kentucky	6–2–2	3–1–2	2nd
1951	Western Kentucky	4–5	2–4	6th
1952	Western Kentucky	9–1	4–1	T–1st	W Refrigerator
1953	Western Kentucky	6–4	2–3	4th
1954	Western Kentucky	7–3	3–2	T–2nd
1955	Western Kentucky	3–6	1–4	5th
1956	Western Kentucky	5–4	2–3	T–3rd
Western Kentucky:		50–33–2	21–24–2
Northwestern State Demons (Gulf States Conference) (1957–1966)
1957	Northwestern State	7–2	4–1	T–1st
1958	Northwestern State	8–2	4–1	T–1st
1959	Northwestern State	4–5–1	2–3	T–3rd
1960	Northwestern State	3–6	0–5	6th
1961	Northwestern State	7–3	3–2	T–3rd
1962	Northwestern State	7–2–1	4–1	1st
1963	Northwestern State	4–6	2–3	4th
1964	Northwestern State	4–5	1–4	5th
1965	Northwestern State	5–4	2–3	T–4th
1966	Northwestern State	9–0	5–0	1st
Northwestern State:		58–35–2	27–23
Total:		108–68–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth