Jack Teachey
Defensive Line/Recruiting
Phone: 4102
Email:
Teacheyjl@wofford.edu
Jack Teachey is in his 17th year with the Terriers after joining the coaching staff in July 1994. For the last eleven seasons, he has also been Wofford’s recruiting coordinator while also handling prospective student-athletes in North Carolina.
Over the last seven seasons, Teachey has worked with seven different defensive linemen who have earned All-America and All-Southern Conference honors. In 2005, nose tackle Katon Bethay was the SoCon’s Defensive Player of the Year, a first team Academic All-America pick and a first teamer on the American Football Coaches Association All-America team.
In 2006 and 2007, defensive end James Gonsoulin was an All-SoCon selection. Teachey has also tutored Lee Basinger, Nathan Fuqua and Anthony Jones who have each earned All-America honors. Brian Bodor was also an Academic All-America selection.
Over the last ten seasons, the Terriers have led the Southern Conference in sacks three times and finished among the top three squads eight years. The Terriers also annually finish among the league and national leaders in run defense. In 2007, Wofford was second in the Southern Conference in rushing defense. The defensive in 2008 led the conference in sacks with 34, which also ranked tenth in the nation. Mitch Clark and Layton Baker both earned All-Southern Conference honors in 2008.
Teachey previously coached at North Pitt High School in Bethel, N.C., (1993) and at Cherryville (N.C.) High School (1992).
Teachey was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at tight end for East Tennessee State. A team captain his senior year, he earned All-SoCon honors as a junior in 1989. Teachey was a three-year member of the SoCon Academic Honor Roll. He was named Student-Athlete of the Month as a junior and senior at ETSU.
In his prep years, he was selected as an all-area and all-conference performer at Cherryville High School while also earning academic scholar-athlete honors.
Teachey graduated from Cherryville in 1987. He earned a B.S. degree in political science from East Tennessee State in 1991.
Born Jack Lewis Teachey on May 16, 1969 in Wilmington, N.C., he and his wife, Dawn, have three daughters, Kelsey, Jordan and Emma Kate.
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