John McKissick

John McKissick
Sport(s) Football
Current position
Title Head coach (retired)
Biographical details
Born (1926-09-25) September 25, 1926
Kingstree, South Carolina
Playing career
1948-1949 Brevard College
1950-1951 Presbyterian College
Position(s) FB
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1952-2014 Summerville HS
Head coaching record
Overall 622-155-13
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
10 South Carolina state championships (1955, 1956, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1998)
Awards
1980, 1994 and 2003 HS Coach of the Year

John McKissick (born September 25, 1926) is the former head football coach of Summerville High School in Summerville, South Carolina. In 2012, he became the first American football coach in history (high school, college or professional) to win 600 career games. His 600th win came against Summerville's Ashley Ridge High School.[1] As of 2013, he hasn't missed a game in 62 years and is the longest serving high school football coach of all time. He has led Summerville to 10 state championships. With 601 wins, McKissick holds the record for most wins by a football coach at any level. He graduated from Kingstree High School in Kingstree, South Carolina, then went to Presbyterian College for two years before being drafted into the army (as a paratrooper). He returned to Presbyterian to graduate with a degree in economics in 1951. He then worked for his father for a while before finally getting the coaching job at Summerville High.[2] He has coached all three of his grandsons, Richard and Joe Call, and Donny McElveen. He was elected to the National High School Hall of Fame in 1990.

References

  1. ↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/highschool/10/26/summerville-john-mckissick-win-600.ap/index.html
  2. ↑ USAToday: Winningest coach can't quit


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