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John Hendrick
Current position
Title	Defensive coordinator
Team	Hinds
Conference	MACCC
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)
2015	Alabama State (DE/ST)
2016–2018	Jackson State (DC)
2018	Jackson State (interim HC)
2019	Jackson State
2021–present	Hinds (DC)
Head coaching record
Overall	24–34

John Hendrick is an American college football coach and former professional player. He is the defensive coordinator at Hinds Community College, a position he has held 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]

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


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Benedict Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2003–2006)
2003	Benedict	6–5	4–4	T–5th
2004	Benedict	3–8	2–6	7th
2005	Benedict	6–5	4–5	6th
2006	Benedict	3–7	2–5	8th
Benedict:		18–25	11–21
Jackson State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2018–2019)
2018	Jackson State	2–1^{[n 1]}	2–1^{[n 1]}	3rd (East)
2019	Jackson State	4–8	3–4	4th (East)
Jackson State:		6–9	5–5
Total:		24–34

^ ^a ^b 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.