Tom Heckert Sr.
American football coach, scout, and executive
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1938-09-18) September 18, 1938 (age 85) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1973–1981 | Adrian |
Basketball | |
1970–1971 | Adrian |
Baseball | |
1969–1970 | Adrian |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1982–1986 | Cleveland Browns (scout) |
1989–2007 | Miami Dolphins (personnel) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 43–36–2 (football) 1–19 (basketball) 20–20 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 MIAA (1980) | |
Tom Heckert (September 18, 1938 – September 20, 2016) was an American football coach, scout, and executive. He served as the head football coach at Adrian College from 1973 to 1981, compiling a record of 43–36–2. Heckert was then a scout with the Cleveland Browns from 1982 to 1986 and a personnel executive with the Miami Dolphins from 1989 until his retirement in 2007. His son, Tom Heckert Jr., was the former general manager of the Browns.[1]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Adrian Bulldogs (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1973–1981) | |||||||||
1973 | Adrian | 1–8 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
1974 | Adrian | 2–7 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
1975 | Adrian | 4–5 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
1976 | Adrian | 3–6 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
1977 | Adrian | 4–4–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
1978 | Adrian | 6–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
1979 | Adrian | 6–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
1980 | Adrian | 9–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
1981 | Adrian | 8–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
Adrian: | 43–36–2 | 21–22–2 | |||||||
Total: | 43–36–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Adrian College mourns loss of former coach, administrator Heckert". Daily Telegram. October 15, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
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Adrian Bulldogs head football coaches
- Unknown (1892)
- No team (1893)
- Frank Ewing (1894)
- Unknown (1895–1896)
- No team (1897)
- Unknown (1898)
- No team (1899)
- Unknown (1900)
- No team (1901–1902)
- E. E. Tarr (1903–1904)
- No team (1905)
- Huffstrater (1906–1910)
- Tom Leith (1911–1912)
- Ernest Brown (1913)
- Frank Coombs (1914)
- Bill Dague (1915)
- Perry Grimm (1916–1917)
- No team (1918)
- Harvey E. Orwick (1919)
- No team (1920)
- B. M. Allman (1921–1922)
- Dale R. Sprankle (1923–1935)
- Frank Ballenger (1936–1937)
- Harve A. Oliphant (1938–1941)
- No team (1942–1945)
- Lyman E. Abbott (1946–1949)
- John Darnton (1950)
- Theodore Boyett (1951–1952)
- Joe Fortunato (1953–1955)
- Robert Gillis (1956–1958)
- Les Leggett (1959–1961)
- Charles Marvin (1962–1967)
- William C. Davis (1968–1972)
- Tom Heckert Sr. (1973–1981)
- Ron Labadie (1982–1989)
- Jim Lyall (1990–2010)
- Jim Deere (2011–2023)
- Harry Bailey # (2023)
- Joe Palka (2024– )
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