American football player and coach
Jan Quarless (born c. 1951) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the Head Football Coach at Eastern Michigan University in 1992 and at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1997 to 2000, compiling a career college football record of 15–36. Quarless has been inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame at Northern Michigan University and the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame.[ 1] Jan Quarless also holds a PhD from Southern Illinois University [ 1]
Playing career
Quarless was a four-year lettermen for Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan from 1969 to 1972 seasons and was team captain his senior year.[ 2]
Coaching career
Eastern Michigan
Quarless became interim head football coach at Eastern Michigan University when Jim Harkema resigned after the first four games of the 1992 season .[ 3] [ 4] Quarless's team produced a record of 1–6.[ 5] The lone victory was a 7–6 home game against Ohio .[ 6]
Southern Illinois
Quarless was the 19th head football coach at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale , serving for four seasons, from 1997 to 2000, and compiling a record of 14–30.[ 7]
Assistant coaching
Quarless had several tenures as an assistant coach for at several colleges, including Eastern Michigan, Bowling Green State University , the University of Kansas , and Wake Forest University .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Head coaching record
Education
Jan Quarless received his PhD from Southern Illinois University , his M.S.E. in Social Work Administration from the University of Michigan , and his B.S. from Northern Michigan University .[ 1]
References
^ a b c "Finlandia University External Athletic Advisory Board" . Finlandia University Lions. Retrieved August 18, 2023 .
^ Northern Michigan University Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Football Year by Year Results
^ Eastern Michigan Eagles 2009 Football Media Guide
^ NCAA News [permanent dead link ] "NCAA Record" October 12, 1992, page 13
^ "Football Bowl Subdivision: Eastern Michigan University Directory" . The Sports Network . Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2011 .
^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine Eastern Michigan 1992 results
^ Southern Illinois Coaching Records Archived July 6, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
^ The Courier "Transactions" March 31, 1983
^ Lawrence Journal-World "Budde to take over as Kansas starting Center" by Gary Bedore, August 18, 1987
^ Wake Forest Sports Archived August 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "Demon Deacon Fortunes Looking Up in 1997" August 1, 1997
# denotes interim head coach