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American football coach (born 1939)

Wally English
Biographical details
English, c. 1972
Born	(1939-06-28) June 28, 1939 (age 85) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Louisville
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1966–1968	Kentucky (QB)
1977	Detroit Lions (OB)
1978	BYU (OC/QB)
1979	Pittsburgh (OC/WR)
1980	Pittsburgh (OC/QB)
1981–1982	Miami Dolphins (QB/WR)
1983–1984	Tulane
1989	Palermo Cardinals, Italy
1992	Ohio Glory (OC/QB/WR)
1997	Hawaii (OC)
2003	Louisville Fire
2008	Palermo Corsari, Italy

Head coaching record
Overall	5–17

Wallace G. English (born June 28, 1939) is a former American football coach. He was on Tommy Hudspeth's coaching staff with the Detroit Lions until the entire group was dismissed on January 9, 1978. He was the head football coach at Tulane University from 1983 to 1984, compiling a record of 5–17. In 2003, English was hired to replace Jeff Brohm as the head coach of the Louisville Fire af2 team. He was fired after just two games with a record of 2–2.

Head coaching record

College


Year	Team	Overall
Tulane Green Wave (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1983–1984)
1983	Tulane	2–9
1984	Tulane	3–8
Tulane:		5–17
Total:		5–17

AF2

Team	Year	Regular season					Post season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
LOU	2003	1	1	0	.500	-	-	-	-
LOU Total		1	1	0	.500		0	0	–
Total		1	1	0	.500		0	0	–

References

"Lions Oust Hudspeth, All Of His Aides," United Press International (UPI), Monday, January 9, 1978. Retrieved November 24, 2020
John R. Karman III (March 31, 2003). "Arena football officials hope to improve on, off field". www.bizjournals.com. American City Business Journals. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
"Fire name defensive coordinator as coach". www.bizjournals.com. American City Business Journals. April 8, 2003. Retrieved January 31, 2017.

v t e Tulane Green Wave head football coaches
T. L. Bayne (1893) Fred Sweet (1894) T. L. Bayne (1895) Harry Baum (1896) No team (1897) John Lombard (1898) Harris T. Collier (1899) H. T. Summersgill (1900–1901) Virginius Dabney (1902) Charles Eshleman (1903) Thomas A. Barry (1904) John F. Tobin (1905) John Russ (1906) Joe Curtis (1907–1908) R. R. Brown (1909) Appleton A. Mason (1910–1912) A. C. Hoffman (1913) Edwin Sweetland (1914) Clark Shaughnessy (1915–1920) Myron Fuller (1921) Clark Shaughnessy (1922–1926) Bernie Bierman (1927–1931) Ted Cox (1932–1935) Red Dawson (1936–1941) Claude Simons Jr. (1942–1945) Henry Frnka (1946–1951) Raymond Wolf (1952–1953) Andy Pilney (1954–1961) Tommy O'Boyle (1962–1965) Jim Pittman (1966–1970) Bennie Ellender (1971–1975) Larry Smith (1976–1979) Vince Gibson (1980–1982) Wally English (1983–1984) Mack Brown (1985–1987) Greg Davis (1988–1991) Buddy Teevens (1992–1996) Tommy Bowden (1997–1998) Chris Scelfo (1998–2006) Bob Toledo (2007–2011) Mark Hutson # (2011) Curtis Johnson (2012–2015) Willie Fritz (2016–2023) Slade Nagle # (2023) Jon Sumrall (2024– ) # denotes interim head coach

Tulane Green Wave head football coaches

T. L. Bayne (1893)
Fred Sweet (1894)
T. L. Bayne (1895)
Harry Baum (1896)
No team (1897)
John Lombard (1898)
Harris T. Collier (1899)
H. T. Summersgill (1900–1901)
Virginius Dabney (1902)
Charles Eshleman (1903)
Thomas A. Barry (1904)
John F. Tobin (1905)
John Russ (1906)
Joe Curtis (1907–1908)
R. R. Brown (1909)
Appleton A. Mason (1910–1912)
A. C. Hoffman (1913)
Edwin Sweetland (1914)
Clark Shaughnessy (1915–1920)
Myron Fuller (1921)
Clark Shaughnessy (1922–1926)
Bernie Bierman (1927–1931)
Ted Cox (1932–1935)
Red Dawson (1936–1941)
Claude Simons Jr. (1942–1945)
Henry Frnka (1946–1951)
Raymond Wolf (1952–1953)
Andy Pilney (1954–1961)
Tommy O'Boyle (1962–1965)
Jim Pittman (1966–1970)
Bennie Ellender (1971–1975)
Larry Smith (1976–1979)
Vince Gibson (1980–1982)
Wally English (1983–1984)
Mack Brown (1985–1987)
Greg Davis (1988–1991)
Buddy Teevens (1992–1996)
Tommy Bowden (1997–1998)
Chris Scelfo (1998–2006)
Bob Toledo (2007–2011)
Mark Hutson # (2011)
Curtis Johnson (2012–2015)
Willie Fritz (2016–2023)
Slade Nagle # (2023)
Jon Sumrall (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach

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