Jack Harding

Who was Jack Harding?

Jack Harding was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at St. Thomas College, now the University of Scranton, from 1926 to 1936 and at the University of Miami from 1937 to 1942 and 1945 to 1947, compiling a career college football record of 103–69–12. He was also the head baseball coach at Miami in 1940 and 1959, tallying a mark of 16–14–1. Harding was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1980.

During his two stints coaching football at Miami, Harding compiled a 54–32–3 record and led the Hurricanes to four seasons of eight or more wins. After resigning from coaching football, he served as the athletic director at Miami for 15 years until his death in 1963.