John McKissick

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John McKissick
Title	Head coach
College	Summerville HS
Sport	Football
Team record	556-130-13
Born	September 25, 1926 (1926-09-25) (age 81)
Place of birth	Greenwood, South Carolina
Career highlights
Overall	556-130-13
Championships
10 South Carolina state championships
Awards
1980, 1994 and 2003 HS Coach of the Year
Playing career
1948-1949 1950-1951	Brevard College Presbyterian College
Position	FB
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1952-Present	Summerville HS

John McKissick (born September 25, 1926 in Greenwood, South Carolina) is the football coach of Summerville High School in Summerville, South Carolina. In 2004, he became the first American football coach in history to win 500 career games. His 500th win came against Mount Pleasant's Wando High School. He had already beaten Wando in 1993, to establish a national high school football record with 403 wins. As of 2007, he hasn't missed a game in 55 years. He has led Summerville to 10 state championships. With over 500 wins, Coach McKissick is the winningest and longest serving active high school football coach. He went to Clemson University for two years before being drafted into the army ( paratroopers.) Then he went and worked for his father for a while before finally getting the Coaching job at Summerville High

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He has coached two of his grandsons, Joe and Richard Call. He was elected to the National High School Hall of Fame in 1990.

[edit] External links

• CBS News Report on John McKissick at YouTube
• Summerville High School Athletics Department
• http://www.nflhs.com/news/features/legends_johnmckissick_12122005_lcb.asp
• http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2003-09-10-mckissick-milestone_x.htm
• http://www.thestateonline.com/history/files/20050821_X1.pdf
• http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2006-08-30-mckissick_x.htm
• http://www.asama.org/news/2007/02/16/mckissick.asp

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