Jack Teachey is in his 20th year with the Terriers after joining the coaching staff in July, 1994. After spending the last thirteen seasons as Wofford’s recruiting coordinator, he was promoted to defensive coordinator in January of 2013. He will continue to work with the defensive linemen and recruits the Charlotte area.
In the last ten seasons, Teachey has worked with eleven different defensive linemen who have earned All-America and All-Southern Conference honors. Over the last thirteen seasons, the Terriers have led the Southern Conference in sacks four times and finished ranked among the top three squads in ten years.
Last season the defensive line led the way as Wofford was first in the Southern Conference in rushing defense, total defense, and scoring defense. The total defense was ninth in the nation and Tarek Odom was named All-Southern Conference.
In 2011, all three defensive linemen - Eric Eberhardt, Alex Goltry, and Ameet Pall - earned All-Southern Conference honors. The team led the SoCon in sacks with 30 on the season, as Goltry was third and Eberhardt ninth among the league leaders. Eberhardt earned fourth team All-America honors from Phil Steele. Pall was the fifth overall selection in the CFL draft by the Calgary Stampeders.
Ameet Pall was named the SoCon Defensive Player of the Year in 2010. The All-American finished second in the voting for the Buck Buchanan Award, presented to the top defensive player in FCS Football. Pall was eighth in the nation in sacks and also eighth in tackles for loss. The defense ranked first in the SoCon in total defense and was second in rushing defense.
The defense 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.
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.
During the 2005 season, 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.
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.
