Jack Clayton (American football)
# Jack Clayton (American football)

Jack H. Clayton (January 4, 1915 – January 26, 1997) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. 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. Clayton later became the head football coach (1957–1966) and head baseball coach (1967–1968) at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

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

## Head coaching record

### College football

| 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: | 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: | Northwestern State: | 58–35–2 | 27–23 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 108–68–4 | | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
