John Konstantinos (August 13, 1936 – March 14, 2013) 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, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston, Illinois. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a co ...
from 1975 to 1977, compiling a record of 9–21–2. Konstantinos was the
athletic director
An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and ...
at
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. ...
from 1990 to 2002. Konstantinos was born on August 13, 1936, in
Yorkville, Ohio
Yorkville is a village in Belmont and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 968 at the 2020 census. Yorkville lies within two Metropolitan Statistical Areas; the Belmont County portion is part of the Wheeling metropoli ...
. He died on March 14, 2013, in
Copley, Ohio Copley is an unincorporated community in Summit County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
Variant names were Greenfield and Copley Center. The first settlement at Copley Center was made around 1819. The community was named for its location near ...
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Head coaching record
References
1936 births
2013 deaths
Arkansas Razorbacks football coaches
Charleston Golden Eagles football players
Cleveland State Vikings athletic directors
Eastern Illinois Panthers football coaches
Kent State Golden Flashes football players
NC State Wolfpack football coaches
Temple Owls football coaches
William & Mary Tribe football coaches
People from Yorkville, Ohio
Players of American football from Ohio
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