Jack Elway
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 30, 1931 Aberdeen, Washington |
| Died | April 15, 2001 (aged 69) Palm Springs, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1950 | Washington State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1953–1960 | Port Angeles HS (WA) |
| 1961–1966 | Grays Harbor College |
| 1967–1971 | Montana (assistant) |
| 1972–1975 | Washington State (assistant) |
| 1976–1978 | Cal State Northridge |
| 1979–1983 | San Jose State |
| 1984–1988 | Stanford |
| 1991–1992 | Frankfurt Galaxy |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1993–1999 | Denver Broncos (scout) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 80–60–4 (college) 10–10 (WLAF) |
| Bowls | 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 PCAA (1981) | |
John Albert "Jack" Elway, Sr. (May 30, 1931 – April 15, 2001) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at California State University, Northridge from 1976 to 1978, at San Jose State University from 1979 to 1983, and at Stanford University from 1984 to 1989, compiling a career college football record of 80–60–4. Elway also served as the head coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football (WLAF) from 1991 to 1992, tallying a mark of 10–10. He was the father of John Elway, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback.
A native of Hoquiam, Washington, Elway played quarterback at Hoquiam High School under head coach Jack Swarthout and graduated in 1949. He played at Washington State College in Pullman for one season until a knee surgery ended his playing career. He earned both bachelor's and master's degrees from Washington State.
Elway then taught and coached at Port Angeles High School on the Olympic Peninsula; all three of his children were born in Port Angeles. In 1961, he was hired as the head coach at Grays Harbor College, a junior college in Aberdeen, near his hometown of Hoquiam in southwestern Washington. Following the 1966 season, he became an assistant coach in the Big Sky Conference at the University of Montana under head coach Swarthout, his high school coach.
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