Jack Sterrett

Jack Sterrett
Biographical details
Born	1901
Died	1984
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1926–1930	Glencoe HS (MN)
1931–1934	Bemidji State
1935–1936	St. Thomas (MN)
1940	Tulsa (scout)
Basketball
1931–1935	Bemidji State
1935–1937	St. Thomas (MN)
1937–1938	Iowa (assistant)
1938–1940	Saint Louis
1940–1941	Tulsa
1941–1942	Wichita
Head coaching record
Overall	16–26–4 (college football); 54–112 (college basketball)

John E. "Cactus Jack" Sterrett (1901 – 1984) was an American football and basketball coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Bemidji State University from 1931 to 1934 and at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota from 1935 to 1936, compiling a career college football coaching record of 16–26–4.^[2] Sterrett was also a head basketball coach at a number of different schools, including Bemidji State, Saint Louis University,^[3] and Wichita State University.^[4]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Bemidji State Beavers (Independent) (1931)
1931	Bemidji State	3–4
Bemidji State Beavers (Northern Teachers Athletic Conference) (1932–1934)
1932	Bemidji State	2–4–1	1–3	T–5th
1933	Bemidji State	3–3–1	2–3	4th
1934	Bemidji State	3–5	1–4	6th
Bemidji State:		11–16–2	4–10
St. Thomas Tommies (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1935–1936)
1935	St. Thomas	4–3–2	3–1–2	4th
1936	St. Thomas	1–7	1–4	T–7th
St. Thomas:		5–10–2	4–5–2
Total:		16–26–4

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Bemidji State Beavers (Independent) (1931–1932)
1931–32	Bemidji State	4–8
Bemidji State Beavers (Northern Teachers Athletic Conference) (1932–1935)
1932–33	Bemidji State	8–6	5–4	3rd
1933–34	Bemidji State	2–13	1–8	6th
1934–35	Bemidji State	1–9	1–7	6th
Bemidji State:		15–36	9–19
St. Thomas Tommies (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1935–1937)
1935–36	St. Thomas	9–12
1936–37	St. Thomas	5–9
St. Thomas:		14–21
Saint Louis Billikens (Missouri Valley Conference) (1938–1940)
1938–39	Saint Louis	5–16	3–11	7th
1939–40	Saint Louis	4–14	2–10	T–6th
Saint Louis:		9–30	5–21
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Missouri Valley Conference) (1940–1941)
1940–41	Tulsa	12–9	7–5	3rd
Tulsa:		12–9	7–5
Wichita Shockers (Independent) (1941–1942)
1941–42	Wichita	4–16
Wichita:		4–16
Total:		54–112

^ "Tulsa Scout". Des Moines Register. February 6, 1941. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
^ "Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Bemidji State University. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
^ "Sterrett to Coach SLU five". Wisconsin State Journal. September 11, 1938. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
^ "Jack Sterrett". Retrieved November 28, 2018.