John Francis Gargan (July 1, 1888 – August 18, 1960) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player and coach. He served as the head football coach at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

(1912–1913),

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van ...

(1914),

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(1916–1917, 1922–1926) and

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(1920–1921), compiling career

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record of 55–40–8. In 1917, Gargan was co-head coach with

Frank McCaffrey Francis "Bull" McCaffrey (December 26, 1888 – December 26, 1952) was an American football player and coach.

for Fordham.Gargan Quits NYU to Coach Fordham
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Head coaching record

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Frank Gargan coaching record
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Head coaching record

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