Johnny Allen (coach)
Allen in 1975 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1935 or 1936 (age 89–90) Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Seton Hall University (1958) |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1955–1958 | Seton Hall |
| Positions | Pitcher, second baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1956–1957 | St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) (assistant) |
| 1959–1965 | St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) (freshmen) |
| 1966–1970 | Vailsburg HS (NJ) |
| 1973–1974 | Kean (backfield) |
| 1975–1976 | Kean |
| 1978–1982 | Essex Catholic HS (NJ) |
| 1983–1986 | Belleville HS (NJ) |
| 1987 | Summit HS (NJ) |
| 1988–1991? | Seton Hall Prep (NJ) |
| Baseball | |
| 1959 | Weehawken HS (NJ) |
| 1960–1966 | St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) |
| 1967–1971 | Vailsburg HS (NJ) |
| 1974–1983 | Essex Catholic HS (NJ) |
| Wrestling | |
| 1956–1958 | St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) (assistant) |
| 1958–1959 | Weehawken HS (NJ) |
| 1959–1966 | St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) |
| 1966–1970 | Vailsburg HS (NJ) |
| 1970–1973 | Seton Hall |
| 1973–1983 | Essex Catholic HS (NJ) |
| 1983–1987 | Belleville HS (NJ) |
| 1987–1988 | Summit HS (NJ) |
| 1988–1992? | Seton Hall Prep (NJ) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–11–1 (college football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| National Wrestling Hall of Fame (2005) | |
John Allen (born c. 1935 or 1936) is an American former college and high school athletics coach. He was the head football coach for Kean College of New Jersey—since renamed as Kean University—from 1975 to 1976 and the head wrestling coach for Seton Hall University from 1970 to 1973. He was a longtime high school football, baseball, and wrestling coach throughout New Jersey from the 1950s until the 1990s.