Johnny Allen (coach)

Johnny Allen
Allen in 1975
Biographical details
Bornc. 1935 or 1936 (age 89–90)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materSeton Hall University (1958)
Playing career
Baseball
1955–1958Seton Hall
PositionsPitcher, second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1956–1957St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) (assistant)
1959–1965St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) (freshmen)
1966–1970Vailsburg HS (NJ)
1973–1974Kean (backfield)
1975–1976Kean
1978–1982Essex Catholic HS (NJ)
1983–1986Belleville HS (NJ)
1987Summit HS (NJ)
1988–1991?Seton Hall Prep (NJ)
Baseball
1959Weehawken HS (NJ)
1960–1966St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)
1967–1971Vailsburg HS (NJ)
1974–1983Essex Catholic HS (NJ)
Wrestling
1956–1958St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) (assistant)
1958–1959Weehawken HS (NJ)
1959–1966St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)
1966–1970Vailsburg HS (NJ)
1970–1973Seton Hall
1973–1983Essex Catholic HS (NJ)
1983–1987Belleville HS (NJ)
1987–1988Summit HS (NJ)
1988–1992?Seton Hall Prep (NJ)
Head coaching record
Overall8–11–1 (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.