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John GagliardiJohn Gagliardi (b. November 1, 1926 at Trinidad, Colorado) John Gagliardi is an American football coach. He has won the most games in college football history. Born to Ventura and Antoinetta Gagliardi, John Gagliardi began coaching football in 1943 at the tender age of 16. He was pressed into service when his high school coach was called into service during World War II. He was a player-coach for two seasons before moving on to Colorado College where he commenced his playing career. At 22, Gagliardi had graduated and returned to the coaching ranks at Carroll College in Helena, Montana. In four season in Montana, Gagliardi won 22 games. The coach, nicknamed Gags, was hired by a small Benedictine college then known as St. John's College in Collegeville, Minnesota. In 55 total season, 4 at Carroll and 51 at St. John's, Gagliardi has won 23 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles, his 414 wins is the all time record among college coaches. He has won the national title in 1963, 1965, 1976, and 2003. The 2003 season was most special for Gagliardi. In November, he passed Eddie Robinson with his 409th win. Then in the 2003 national title game he broke a 55 game winning streak by Mount Union College to capture his first NCAA title in 1976. In 1993, the NCAA began awarding the Gagliardi Trophy to the most outstanding player in Division III (small colleges). Gags also has been lauded for his unique coaching style. He does not allow players to call him coach, he prefers to be called simply "John". He has never cut a player for non-performance in 55 years. The Johnnies do not do calisthenics and never hit in practice under the theory that they hit enough in games and calisthenics cause muscle strains. More on Gagliardi and his program can be found in Austin Murphy's book The Sweet Season. Gagliardi, John
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