1. Jack "Sid" Siedlecki is an American former college football coach.
16 Facts About Jack Siedlecki
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Jack Siedlecki was a head coach in college football for 21 years for Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Amherst College and Yale University.
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Jack Siedlecki led his teams to championships in the Ivy League, the Freedom Football Conference, and the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
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Jack Siedlecki was selected as the American Football Coaches Association District I Coach of the Year after the 2006 season.
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That night, Jack Siedlecki showed me what kind of guy he is.
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Jack Siedlecki took a physical beating, but he just kept getting up.
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Jack Siedlecki next attended Union College in Schenectady, New York, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1974.
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Jack Siedlecki played at the running back and linebacker positions for the Union College football team and played as a pitcher for the school's baseball team.
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In January 1988, Jack Siedlecki was hired as the head football coach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Jack Siedlecki was chosen as the 1992 AFCA Kodak District I Coach of the Year.
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At Amherst, Jack Siedlecki replaced John McKechnie, who had for the 1992 season succeeded Jim Ostendarp, who had been the head football coach at Amherst for 32 years.
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The New York Times reported that "Jack Siedlecki performed miracles at Amherst," turning a program that had won one game in three years into a consistent winner.
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Jack Siedlecki was named the American Football Coaches Association District I Coach of the Year after the 2006 season.
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In December 1996, Jack Siedlecki was hired as the 32nd head coach of the Yale Bulldogs football team.
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Jack Siedlecki replaced Carm Cozza, the winningest coach in Ivy League football history.
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Jack Siedlecki was named the New England Sports Writer's 1999 Coach of the Year for leading the school's turnaround in football.