John Gagliardi, who served as the head football coach at Saint John's University from 1953 to 2012, won more football games than any coach at any level of collegiate ball. His innovative and unconventional approach to coaching-- including not allowing tackling during practices-- not only helped the team win nearly five hundred games and four national championships, but placed Gagliardi as an inspiring leader, mentor, and father figure to hundreds of student- athletes over his sixty years as a head coach. Gagliardi continues this role as teacher and mentor through his "Theory of Coaching...
John Gagliardi, who served as the head football coach at Saint John's University from 1953 to 2012, won more football games than any coach at any leve...