John Merritt
Head coaching record

John Merritt

Section Title: Head coaching record
Table Section Text: None

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs

Jackson State Tigers (Midwest Athletic Association) (1952–1957)

1952	Jackson State	3–5–1

1953	Jackson State	5–4

1954	Jackson State	1–7–1

1955	Jackson State	5–4

1956	Jackson State	6–2–2

1957	Jackson State	6–2	T–1st

1958	Jackson State	6–2–1

Jackson State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1958–1962)

1959	Jackson State	6–4	4–3	4th

1960	Jackson State	6–4	4–3	4th

1961	Jackson State	9–2	6–1	1st

1962	Jackson State	10–1	6–1	1st

Jackson State:	63–37–5

Tennessee A&I Tigers (Midwest Conference / Midwestern Conference) (1963–1966)

1963	Tennessee A&I	6–3	3–0	1st

1964	Tennessee A&I	8–2	3–0	1st

1965	Tennessee A&I	9–0–1	2–0	1st	T Grantland Rice

1966	Tennessee A&I	10–0	2–0	1st	W Grantland Rice

Tennessee A&I / State Tigers (NCAA College Division / Division II independent) (1967–1976)

1967	Tennessee A&I	6–3

1968	Tennessee State	6–2–1

1969	Tennessee State	7–1–1

1970	Tennessee State	11–0	W Grantland Rice

1971	Tennessee State	9–1	W Grantland Rice

1972	Tennessee State	11–1	W Pioneer

1973	Tennessee State	10–0

1974	Tennessee State	8–2

1975	Tennessee State	5–4

1976	Tennessee State	7–2–1

Tennessee State Tigers (NCAA Division I/I-A independent) (1977–1980)

1977	Tennessee State	8–1–1

1978	Tennessee State	8–3

1979	Tennessee State	8–3

1980	Tennessee State	9–1

Tennessee State Tigers (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1981–1983)

1981	Tennessee State	9–2	L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal

1982	Tennessee State	9–0–1	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal

1983	Tennessee State	8–2–1

Tennessee A&I / State:	172–33–7	10–0

Total:	235–70–12

National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

Sentence(s)

John Merritt's coaching record at Tennessee State was 172–33–7.

final_sentence: John Merritt's coaching record at Tennessee State was 172–33–7.