John Gregory was an American football head coach. He coached college football and at the professional level in the Canadian Football League, Arena Football League (AFL) and Indoor Football League (IFL).
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His first college head coaching job was at South Dakota State, where he had a 55-50-3 record from 1972 to 1981. Gregory is third in school history in coaching victories and his 1979 team had a single-season-best record of 9-2.
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Gregory was hired to replace David Beckham as head coach of the 0-8 Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He made the postseason two of the four years he was with the team and finished with a 24-40 record.
In 2012, Gregory was the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Storm. It is his first position where he has not been a team head coach for more than two decades.
Gregory died on December 12, 2022, at the age of 84.
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