Jack Swartz


Jack Lee Swartz was an American football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois for eight seasons, from 1961 to 1968, compiling a record of 41–30. Swartz was also the athletic director at Wheaton from 1975 to 1983.
Swartz played college football at Wheaton before graduating in 1952. He then earned a master's degree in educational administration from Michigan State University. After serving the military and pursing more graduate studies at Indiana University, Swartz worked as a community school director in Flint, Michigan, his hometown. He went back to Wheaton in 1958 as an assistant football coach, and succeeded Harvey Chrouser as head football coach in 1961.
In 1973, Swartz received a doctorate degree from the University of Northern Colorado. He died on July 11, 1997, at his home in Wheaton. At the time of his death he was still on the faculty of Wheaton College, serving as associate athletic director.