1. Jack Hennemier served as the head coach for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League for one and a half seasons, and held assistant coaching positions at several colleges, most notably, the University of Maryland, College Park where he helped Jim Tatum coach the Terrapins to the 1953 national championship.
Jack Hennemier attended Duke University, where he played college football as a center and was named the team's most valuable player.
Jack Hennemier was born circa 1913 in Savannah, Georgia, and attended Savannah High School.
In 1931, Jack Hennemier enrolled at Duke University where he studied business administration and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Jack Hennemier played college football for the Blue Devils under head coach Wallace Wade.
Jack Hennemier played as a center and guard, and he was a member of the varsity team from 1933 to 1935.
At his heaviest, Hennemier weighed between 150 and 155 pounds, but because of his aggressiveness despite his small size, he was nicknamed "Scrappy Jack".
In 1948, he joined the coaching staff of Jim Tatum at Maryland, and Jack Hennemier remained there as the "chief defensive coach" through the 1954 season.
Jack Hennemier served as an assistant coach responsible for the defensive line, and during this time, Maryland won the 1953 national championship.
In 1955, Jack Hennemier left Maryland to take the head coaching job with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.
Jack Hennemier was fired during the 1956 season, and the Stampeders again finished last in their division.
Jack Hennemier held that position through the 1958 season during the tenure of head coach Tommy Mont.
Jack Hennemier was inducted into the Greater Savannah Athletic Hall of Fame in 1970.
Jack Hennemier died on November 6,1993, in Charlotte, North Carolina.