Valdosta Wildcats football program

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Significant assistant coaches

  • John Lawrence Rudolph (21 March 1937 - 23 June 2019) - Rudolph was born in St. Louis but moved to Georgia at an early age. He attended Grady High School Grady and was a standout student-athlete in football, basketball, and track, earning a football scholarship to Georgia Tech, where he was a three time letter winner from 1957 to 1959. After graduating, he went on to play in the American Football League as a member of the original Boston Patriot football team from 1960 to 1965 and an original member of the Miami Dolphins in 1966. Jack spent 31 years as a coach and teacher at Valdosta. As a defensive coordinator for 25 of those years, his defenses recorded 111 shut-outs and held opponents to an average of 8.3 points per game. He was a part of Valdosta Wildcat teams that won 11 state and 5 national championships.[1]

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  1. Obituary for Jack Rudolph Retrieved from Findagrave.com on 19 February 2020. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200508851/john-lawrence-rudolph]