American football player and coach (1919–2004)

John PopovichBorn:| (1918-03-06)March 6, 1918
Monessen, Pennsylvania

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Died:| February 3, 2004(2004-02-03) (aged 85)
Monongahela, Pennsylvania
Career information
Position(s)| Halfback
Height| 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight| 160 lb (73 kg)
College| Saint Vincent College
Career history
As player
1944| Card-Pitt
1945| Pittsburgh Steelers

John Popovich (March 6, 1918 – February 3, 2004) was an American football player and coach. He played in the National Football League from 1944 to 1945, for the Pittsburgh Steelers and "Card-Pitt", a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Chicago Cardinals and the Steelers. The merger was result of the manning shortages experienced league-wide due to World War II. Popovich was signed to "Card-Pitt" midway through the season, after he returned from the Army due to a medical discharge. Popvich served as the head football coach at Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1958, compiling a record of 12–16–4.

## Head coaching record[edit]

Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Waynesburg Yellow Jackets (Independent) (1955–1957)
1955 | Waynesburg  | 5–2–1 |  |  |
1956 | Waynesburg  | 1–6–1 |  |  |
1957 | Waynesburg  | 3–3–1 |  |  |
Waynesburg Yellow Jackets (West Penn Conference) (1958)
1958 | Waynesburg  | 3–5–1 | 0–3 | 5th |
Waynesburg: | 12–16–4 | 0–3 |
Total: | 12–16–4 |

## References[edit]

* Forr, James (2003). "Card-Pitt: The Carpits" (PDF). Coffin Corner. Professional Football Researchers Association. 25 (3): 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2012.`{{cite journal}}`: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

## External links[edit]

*   * Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference

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Waynesburg Yellow Jackets head football coaches

* Thomas D. Whittles (1895)
* Unknown (1896)
* William B. Seaman (1897)
* Unknown (1898–1900)
* No team (1901)
* Unknown (1902–1916)
* No team (1917–1920)
* Frank N. Wolf (1921–1922)
* Red Roberts (1923)
* Britain Patterson (1924)
* Katy Easterday (1925–1927)
* Frank N. Wolf (1928–1941)
* Mark L. Booth (1942)
* No team (1943–1945)
* Asa G. Wiley (1946)
* Stan Keck (1947–1950)
* John F. Wiley (1951–1954)
* John Popovich (1955–1958)
* Peter Mazzaferro (1959–1962)
* Mike Scarry (1963–1965)
* Carl DePasqua (1966–1967)
* Darrell Lewis (1968–1972)
* Hayden Buckley (1973–1982)
* William Tornabene (1983–1986)
* Ty Clarke (1987–1993)
* Dan Baranik (1994–2000)
* Jeff Hand (2001–2004)
* Rick Shepas (2005–2016)
* Chris Smithley (2017–2021)
* Cornelius Coleman (2022– )

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