John Howard

John Douglas "Hezzy" Howard (December 12, 1934 – July 19, 2007) was an American educator, college lacrosse player and coach. He coached the University of Maryland lacrosse team from 1966 to 1969 and amassed a 32–7–1 record. He attended Washington College, where in 1956 he received the Jack Turnbull Award as the nation's best attackman. Howard was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1978. At the University of Maryland, Howard also taught as an English professor and held various posts in the school's English department including acting chairman from 1979 to 1980.

Early life and college career A native of Annapolis, Maryland, born on December 12, 1934, Howard attended St. Mary's High School starting in 1948, where he played lacrosse on the school's first team. He graduated in 1952.

Howard then went on to Washington College in 1953, where he played soccer, and lacrosse as an attackman and face-off man. The following the season, he repeated as the nation's assist leader and the USILA named him to its third team. In 1956, the USILA awarded him All-America first team honors and the Jack Turnbull Award as the nation's best attackman.

After college, Howard served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy. An upset of heavy favorites Johns Hopkins, 9–4, was the deciding factor in Maryland's title stake. Howard wrote Infernal Poetics: Poetic Structures in Blake's Lambeth Prophecies and Blake's Milton: A Study in the Selfhood.

Later life In 2000, Howard retired to Greencastle, Indiana, where his wife taught at DePauw University. He was inducted into National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1978, the Washington College Hall of Fame in 1983, and the St. Mary's High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.

Publications Blake's Milton: A Study in the Selfhood (1976) Infernal Poetics: Poetic Structures in Blake's Lambeth Prophecies (1984)