Jack Childs (2017) - Janet E. and Barry C. Burkholder Athletics Hall of Fame

Jack Childs

Induction:
2017

Childs guided the wrestling program over the course of a storied 35-year career (1976-2011). He retired as the active Division I leader in career coaching wins (421) and led the Dragons to the 1985 ECWA championship. While on the bench in University City, Childs posted 25 seasons in which his teams secured 10 or more wins. He is a four-time recipient of the East Coast Wrestling Association Coach of the Year award, earning the distinction in 1980, 1985, 1994, and 1999. Childs was also named Colonial Athletic Association Co-Coach of the Year in 2002, the first season in which the Dragons competed in the conference. He was president of the National Wrestling Coaches Association from 1991 to 1993 and served on the NWCA Executive Board for four years. Over the course of his career, Childs amassed more than 500 wins at all levels of NCAA competition while coaching at both Stevens Tech and Drexel. Childs has also been inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Northeastern Region Pennsylvania Hall of Fame, the East Stroudsburg Athletic Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the Athens (Pa.) Area High School Hall of Fame. He volunteers at the Drexel/Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, as well as on the EIWA Hall of Fame Board and the East Stroudsburg University Alumni Board of Directors.
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